Prompt
According to the article, "Both groups (the United Nations and the IIASA) foresee India becoming the world's most populous
country, with its numbers peaking around 2070 and declining to around 1.5 or 1.6 billion by 2100. Where they differ most is in
their estimates of the coming population decline in China and of the coming population explosion in Africa south of the
Sahara-where most of the world's growth is going to occur
1. Explain the population explosion in sub-Saharan Africa. Why is most of the growth projected to be in this region and
not in India or China? Be sure to use vocabulary terms (natural increase rate, fertility rate, doubling time) in your
response
2. Why do the two groups, the United Nations and the IIASA, differ on their projections for the growth of the world's
population, and how much uncertainty exists?

Answer and Explanation:

1. Sub-Saharan Africa has a very strong economic dependency, which means that its population has less access to education and resources. The limitation of resources prevents the population from having full access to contraceptive methods that can limit the exacerbated growth of the population that did not have a structure that shelters it efficiently. In addition, deprivation of sex education has prevented families from learning concepts about contraceptive methods, family planning, among others that promote rational population growth. This all contributes to Sub-Saharan Africa's population growth, which is increasingly disproportionate and growing, compared to the rest of the world.

2. The two groups differ in their projections of population growth, because they make analyzes using different factors, at different intensities. This is because the projection of population growth is a subjunctive factor, which has countless variables and can have different analyzes and interpretations.