Africa+Map+Stats

Africa Map Stats Africa, with 13% of the world's population, is projected to see 34% of the globe's population increase over the next 50 years. Africa has 13% of the world's population, and 69% of the world's HIV or AIDS cases. Still, the population of the African continent is expected to rise from 800 million now to 1.8 billion in 2050, because the fertility rate of 38 births per 1,000 people is still much higher than the mortality rate of 14 deaths per 1,000. Also, 43% of the continent's population is under age 15. Africa now produces nearly 30% less food per person than in 1967. Sept 1999 .. Since 1950 nearly 75% of tropical forests in west Africa are gone and Nigeria, Kenya, Burundi, Cote D'Ivoire and Madagascar -- lost more than 90% of their original forest. IPS news Apr 20 1999
 * Africa's rate of population growth is the highest in the world --2.36% **