Population [New] Africa has the youngest population in the world, with more than 40% of its young people under the age of 15, which will produce a demographic explosion in the next 10 years. [New] As of 2018, people living in towns and cities constitute 55% of the world's population, three quarters of whom reside in the global South, where more than 90% of urban population growth in the next few decades is also projected to take place. [New] We are living in the midst of the most remarkable demographic transition in history with life expectancy to reach 77.1 Y by 2050 E (vs. 48 Y in 1950), the world's population above 60 is expected to grow to 2.1bn by 2050 E (vs. 901 mn at present). [New] The population of people aged 65 and over will increase from 629,800 in 2016 to nearly 1.6m by 2051. [New] Hundreds of millions of people already live in water-scarce regions, and the UN projects that by 2030 about half the world's population will be living in highly water-stressed areas. [New] The prevalence of dementia in LA is one of the highest in the world and, with the expected aging of the population, the number of cases of dementia tends to increase 4-fold from 2015 to 2050. [New] African governments' short - and medium-term responses must contribute to being able to feed Africa's growing population, which is 1.2 billion people today and projected to double in the next 30 years. [New] The speed of population aging is the fastest in the last three economies, meaning that by 2050, Asia will continue to have the largest share of the world's aged population, and the rate of aging will accelerate and have broader coverage. [New] The number of people in the United States aged 65 or older will almost double from 49 million in 2020 to 95 million by the year 2060 comprising nearly one quarter of the total US population. [New] The Asia-Pacific region is expected to grow with the highest healthcare coverages growth rate in the forecast period of 2020 to 2027 because of increasing geriatric population associated with number of diseases. [New] The population of Kenya will surpass 100 million people by the end of 2058 and will reach 125 million by the end of the century. [New] The Middle East and North Africa's (MENA's) population is projected to continue to grow faster than the global average for the foreseeable future - from over 448 million in 2018 to more than 719 million in 2050. [New] The number of people exposed to water stress could double by 2050 if efforts are not made to keep global warming below 2 C above pre-industrial levels and future population growth is high. [New] Within six years, T-Mobile is expected to provide 5G to 99% of the U.S. population and average 5G speeds above 100 Mbps to 90% of the population. [New] The shrinking size of households is linked to the ageing of the UK population, with growth in older households set to account for 36% of the projected 3.7 million increase in the number of UK households by 2040. [New] The global burden of cancer is expected to grow to 16.3 million cancer deaths and 27.5 million new cancer cases by 2040 due to the growth and aging of the population. [New] In the United Kingdom, the number of cancers in people over 65 years of age is expected to increase between 2007 and 2030 by 76.2% for men and 67.5% for women, due to a combination of population growth and ageing. Nigeria's population is currently growing at the rate of 3.2% per year and as estimated by the US Census Bureau, the population will be about 402 million people in the next thirty years - 2050. Escalating number of surgical procedures due to increasing prevalence of chronic diseases among the aging population will further drive electrosurgical devices market growth over the coming years. Across the MENA region, 60 million people inhabited coastal areas in 2010, a population that has been predicted by the World Bank to grow to 100 million by 2030. Between 2050 and 2080, OECD countries will need at least 400 million new workers to maintain current pension and health schemes, resulting from a shrinking working-age population and a growing elderly population. See full forecast Last updated: 12 July 2020 Hi, Would you like a quick online demo of our service from an experienced member of our team? Yes No Hi, Would you like a quick online demo of our service from an experienced member of our team? Yes No
