The world’s population is set to grow by 2.2 billion between now and 2050, the UN said on Wednesday, and more than half of that growth - 1.3 billion - is likely to be in sub-Saharan Africa, where women’s rights are hampered by limited access to healthcare and education, along with “entrenched gender discrimination”.
Monica Ferro, Director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) in Geneva, said the trend globally is towards smaller families, indicating that more people are making choices about exactly how many children they want, or can afford to raise.
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Update: U.N. report: World population to rise by 2.2 billion by 2050 (UPI)
WNU Editor: The 156-page U.N. report, subtitled The Power of Choice: Reproductive Rights and the Demographic Transition, can be read here.
