Egypt to Be Among Top Countries in Population Growth by 2050

Egypt will be among the top countries in terms of population growth by 2050, according to the UN’s World Population Prospects 2022 report.

The latest UN anticipations suggest that the world’s population could grow to nearly 8.5 billion in 2030 and 9.7 billion in 2050, despite the fact that the global population is growing at its slowest rate since 1950.

The UN said that more than half of the projected increase in the global population up to 2050 will be concentrated in eight countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, and the United Republic of Tanzania.

Also in this regard, the estimate, which was issued on Monday to coincide with World Population Day, noted that India would surpass China as the world's most populous country by 2023.

The report recommended that countries with aging populations like European states should take steps to adapt public programs to the growing numbers of older persons, establish universal health care and long-term care systems, and improve the sustainability of social security and pension systems.

It’s worth mentioning that Egypt faces the issue of overpopulation as its population reached 102 million, with an average increase of 3,636 people per day between October 2020 and July 2021, according to the latest data released by Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS).

This year, Egypt ranks number 14 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population with 106,234,714 followed by the Jordan, Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data reported.