Population growth demonstrates significance of African nations
Barnabas Fund Editorial:
The population of Africa, currently 1.2 billion, could reach nearly 2.5 billion by the year 2050.
If these projections are accurate, then Africans will then represent more than a quarter of the world’s overall population (projected by 2050 to be 9.5 billion).
Nigeria alone could grow to 400 million people, overtaking the United States as the world’s third-largest country behind India and China.
By 2060 it is thought that nearly half (42%) of the world’s Christians – hundreds of millions of our brothers and sisters – will live in sub-Saharan Africa.
Population growth is also projected to lead to a massive increase in the number of African Muslims. By 2060 it is projected that more Muslims will live in sub-Saharan Africa than in the Middle East and North Africa combined.
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