The world’s population is growing at a startling rate. These new figures show the number of people in each country in the world
How many people live in each country in the world? The world’s best source is the United Nations population division and this brand spanking new set of data shows estimates for the populations of every country in the world, going from 1950 all the way up to 2050. Showing these by percentage change over the whole period – giving you the fastest growing countries globally – could be an interesting visualisation. Robin McKie writes that Britain will become one of the world’s ‘lifeboats’ as resources get scarce as the world’s population increases.
Britain will become one of the world’s major destinations for immigrants as the world heats up and populations continue to soar. Statistics from the United Nations show that, on average, every year more than 174,000 people will be added to the numbers in the UK and that this trend will continue for the next four decades.
