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Louis Dor
Mar 30, 2017

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By the year 2100, there will be 11.2 billion people living on the planet.
This is if the UN is to be believed.
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These projections come from the UN Population Division and were recently the subject of a post on a popular subreddit.
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You'll notice Africa greatly contributes to the population spike in the mid to late 21st century.
Here's the projected population of countries in 2100:
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The top 20 in population in 2100 should be:
- India, 1.659 billion
- China, 1.004 billion
- Nigeria, 752.247 million
- United States of America, 450.385 million
- Democratic Republic of the Congo, 388.733 million
- Pakistan, 364.283 million
- Indonesia, 313.648 million
- United Republic of Tanzania, 299.133 million
- Ethiopia, 242.644 million
- Niger, 209.334 million
- Uganda, 202.868 million
- Egypt, 200.802 million
- Brazil, 200.305 million
- Bangladesh, 169.541 million
- Philippines, 168.618 million
- Iraq, 163.905 million
- Kenya, 156.856 million
- Mexico, 148.404 million
- Angola, 138.738 million
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