Sub-Saharan Africa faces the opposite situation: Its population has more than doubled in the past three decades and is expected to triple again by the end of this century. Population growth in sub-Saharan Africa owes primarily to better medical care, which has slashed infant and child mortality and raised average life expectancy from 50 to 61 since 2000. Sub-Saharan Africa’s per-capita gross domestic product has climbed 40% since the start of the century to $1,652, compared with $1,987 in India. Almost a third of children in sub-Saharan Africa don’t attend school, and on average just 4% of the population completes university. Can Africa’s population growth be slowed?

Source: Washington Post May 17, 2019 04:52 UTC