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Animation: The World’s Population in 2100 by Region

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7 years ago

April 6, 2017

Jeff Desjardins

It’s a well-known fact that 60% of the world’s population lives in Asia.

Although this information isn’t necessarily new or surprising to anyone, it’s still something that we’ve found interesting ways to look at in the past. For example, last week we showed you a data visualization using bubbles to represent the populations of every country in the world, and it really helped in putting these incredible demographics into perspective.

But here’s another look at population data – and this time we think it’ll provide more surprises. The following animated chart is based on data and projections from the U.N. Population Division, and it shows the evolving population share by region between 1950 and 2100.

Visualizing Population by Region

Today’s visualization comes from German geographer Simon Kuestenmacher, who posted the following animated graph:

The World's Population Sorted by Region

By 2100, only 11% of the world’s population will live in Northern America (United States and Canada), Europe, or Oceania.

Meanwhile, the vast majority of population growth will happen in Africa, a continent we noted earlier this week as being ripe in future economic opportunity, especially with its blossoming tech startup ecosystem.

Africa currently holds 16% of the world’s population, but by 2100 it will hold nearly the same percentage as Asia. Specifically, the U.N. Population Division expects Africa to hold 4.4 billion people by 2100, good for 39% of the world’s total.

Here are the projected tallies (in millions of people) by the U.N. for each region in 2015, 2030, 2050, and 2100:

Region	2015	2030	2050	2100
Africa	1,186	1,679	2,478	4,387
Asia	4,393	4,923	5,267	4,889
Europe	738	734	707	646
Northern America	358	396	433	500
Latin America / Caribbean	634	721	784	721
Oceania	39	47	57	71
World	7,349	8,501	9,725	11,213

It should be noted that the U.N. classifies Northern America as Canada and the United States, while Mexico is included in the Latin America and Caribbean category. Lastly, the above table is based on revised projections from the U.N., which appears to be slightly different than the data set used in the chart.

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The World’s Fastest Growing Emerging Markets (2024-2029 Forecast)

Here are the emerging markets with the fastest projected growth rates over the next five years based on analysis from the IMF.

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1 hour ago

May 2, 2024

Niccolo Conte

This bar chart shows the fastest growing emerging markets in the world between 2024 and 2029.

The World’s Fastest Growing Emerging Markets (2024-2029)

Large emerging markets are forecast to play a greater role in powering global economic growth in the future, driven by demographic shifts and a growing consumer class.

At the same time, many smaller nations are projected to see their economies grow at double the global average over the next five years due to rich natural resource deposits among other factors. That said, elevated debt levels do present risks to future economic activity.

This graphic shows the emerging markets with the fastest projected growth through to 2029, based on data from the International Monetary Fund’s 2024 World Economic Outlook.

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Top 10 Emerging Markets

Here are the fastest-growing emerging economies, based on real GDP compound annual growth rate (CAGR) forecasts over the period of 2024-2029:

Rank	Country	Projected CAGR (2024-2029)
1	🇬🇾 Guyana	19.8%
2	🇲🇿 Mozambique	7.9%
3	🇷🇼 Rwanda	7.2%
4	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	6.8%
5	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	6.7%
6	🇳🇪 Niger	6.7%
7	🇺🇬 Uganda	6.6%
8	🇮🇳 India	6.5%
9	🇻🇳 Vietnam	6.4%
10	🇸🇳 Senegal	6.3%

As South America’s third-smallest nation by land area, Guyana is projected to be the world’s fastest growing economy from now to 2029.

This is thanks to a significant discovery of oil deposits in 2015 by ExxonMobil, which has propelled the country’s economy to grow by fourfold over the last five years alone. By 2028, the nation of just 800,000 people is projected to have the highest crude oil production per capita, outpacing Kuwait for the first time.

Bangladesh, where 85% of exports are driven by the textiles industry, is forecast to see the strongest growth in Asia. In fact, over the last 30 years, the country of 170 million people has not had a single year of negative growth.

In eighth place overall is India, projected to achieve a 6.5% CAGR in real GDP through to 2029. This growth is forecast to be fueled by population trends, public investment, and strong consumer demand.