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Half of world population growth will be in Africa

The United Nations says Africa will be the source of half the world's population growth in the next 35 years. It says that 28 African countries will double their populations. John Willmoth, is the director of the population division of the UN's Department of Economic and Social Affairs, which published the report.
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