The 2017 Revision of World Population Prospects is the twenty-fifth round of official United Nations population estimates and projections that have been prepared by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat. This map is just small piece of the full report which has detailed information on expected population growth up to 2100 for the whole world.
Key Findings/Insights (2015-2020):
– Expected annual World population growth – 1.09%.
– Expected annual Europe population growth – 0.07%.
– Expected annual Africa population growth – 2.49%.
– Expected annual Asia population growth – 0.90%.
– Finland growing faster than Netherlands.
– Latvia has highest decrease rate in Europe and the World.
– Luxembourg has the highest growth rate in Europe.
UN, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2017). World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision Reddit user: Marcipanas
