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savvy-misanthrope t1_je8t7s7 wrote

Reply to comment by mhornberger in Estimates suggest population growth rate to peak at 8.6 billion by madrid987

The population of Africa has been steadily increasing, according to the United Nations:

https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/africa-population/

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mhornberger t1_je8udlo wrote

Yes, I am aware that the birthrate is currently still above the replacement rate. The point was that the birthrate is declining. It is expected to dip below the replacement rate within a couple of decades. I said the birthrate was declining, not that the population was declining.

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