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	Podcast:		The Inquiry
	Episode:		How Will a Population Boom Change Africa?
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:23:03
	Publish Date:		2015-12-21 20:05:00
	Description:		The UN forecasts that the number of people living in Africa will double in the next 35 years. Nigeria, the fastest-growing nation, is expected to become the third-largest country in the world by 2050. By the end of the century, almost 40% of the world’s population will live on this one continent. It raises questions about how countries – some of which are already facing big challenges – will cope with twice the number of inhabitants in just one generation. There are fears about the impact a demographic explosion will have on health, society and the environment. But others say Africa’s population boom could turn out to be a good news story. How will a population boom change Africa? Ruth Alexander investigates. (Photo: Onitsha-Asaba Highway. Credit: Pius Utomi Ekpei/Getty Images)
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