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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Doug M: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by lamin: [qb] [QUOTE][b]Africa as a continent has always been underpopulated relative to other continents. Europe is 1/8th the size of Africa and has almost the same size of population. America is 1/5th the size of Africa and has almost half the population.[/b][/QUOTE]. The population of Europe grew rapidly just after abolition of serfdom and the start of the industrial age. Recall that during "the Black Death" Europe lost some 35-40% of its population. The population of the U.S. is some 300 million people but Africa's population is 1 billion plus. The population of the U.S. is not approximately, therefore, "almost half [Africa's] population". [/qb][/QUOTE]You are right. It isn't half the population. However, America has a higher population density in general than Africa. And so does Europe. And for most of its history Africa has had a very low population density compared to other continents. However, that is now changing with the population boom that has been taking place in Africa over the last 50 years or so. [QUOTE] Africa's population has rapidly increased over the last 40 years, and consequently, it is relatively young. In some African states, half or more of the population is under 25 years of age. The total number of people in Africa grew from 221 million in 1950 to 1 billion in 2009.[/QUOTE] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Africa Compare that to the population of the United States which is the 3rd most populated country in the world. In 1950 the population of the United States was 150 million which was almost two thirds the size of Africa in a much smaller space. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States [/QB][/QUOTE]
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