Notes: Fewer people live in Africa than in China or India, but Africa's population is growing faster: by about
2.3 percent per year, compared with 1.5 percent per year in India and with 0.6 percent per year in China.
Africa became the second, and possibly final, billion-person continent in 2009.
Notes: Fewer people live in Africa than in China or India, but Africa's population is growing faster: by about 2.3 percent per year, compared with 1.5 percent per year in India and with 0.6 percent per year in China. Africa became the second, and possibly final, billion-person continent in 2009.
Source of data: United Nations Population Division, "World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision".