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. 2016 Nov 29;113(50):14294–14299. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1611386113

Table S1.

Population projections for the world and for selected continents, geographical areas, and countries

Scenario Year SDG 2016 SSPs 2014 UNWPP 2015
SDG1 SDG2 SDG3 SSP1 SSP2 SSP3 Lower limit (95%) Upper limit (95%)
Fertility scenario* −20% −20% −10% −20% +20%
Education scenario Secondary completion by 2030
Upper Lower Lower
World 2010 6,871 6,871 6,871 6,871 6,871 6,871
2030 8,112 8,152 8,200 8,024 8,256 8,511 8,360 8,648
2050 8,759 8,866 8,964 8,504 9,140 9,966 9,284 10,182
2100 8,192 8,434 8,654 7,084 8,948 12,752 9,494 13,294
Africa 2010 1,022 1,022 1,022 1,022 1,022 1,022
2030 1,448 1,468 1,488 1,458 1,526 1,610 1,646 1,712
2050 1,760 1,816 1,874 1,800 2,017 2,323 2,324 2,627
2100 1,968 2,093 2,255 1,924 2,620 3,922 3,442 5,589
Asia 2010 4,141 4,141 4,141 4,141 4,141 4,141
2030 4,752 4,769 4,797 4,680 4,828 5,019 4,805 5,044
2050 4,946 4,987 5,031 4,727 5,107 5,682 4,928 5,634
2100 4,135 4,220 4,294 3,320 4,355 6,858 3,843 6,317
Latin America and the Caribbean 2010 590 590 590 590 590 590
2030 695 698 698 678 702 738 702 739
2050 746 756 752 696 758 865 728 838
2100 682 709 693 520 684 1,094 558 902
Burkina Faso 2010 16 16 16 16 16 16
2030 25 25 26 26 27 29 25 29
2050 31 31 33 33 38 46 33 51
2100 35 36 40 37 53 81 35 160
Cameroon 2010 20 20 20 20 20 20
2030 26 26 27 26 27 29 31 35
2050 30 31 32 31 33 37 40 57
2100 31 32 34 29 36 49 44 145
Chad 2010 11 11 11 11 11 11
2030 17 17 17 17 18 19 20 23
2050 20 21 22 22 25 28 27 43
2100 22 24 25 25 33 44 29 144
Egypt 2010 81 81 81 81 81 81
2030 103 103 106 103 107 112 111 123
2050 116 116 122 115 126 142 130 174
2100 114 114 126 100 134 202 120 345
Ethiopia 2010 83 83 83 83 83 83
2030 115 118 118 119 124 131 128 148
2050 136 141 141 143 159 183 153 228
2100 147 155 155 142 190 284 124 445
Ghana 2010 24 24 24 24 24 24
2030 34 35 35 34 36 38 35 39
2050 40 42 43 41 47 55 43 58
2100 43 46 47 41 58 91 40 128
India 2010 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225 1,225
2030 1,461 1,468 1,489 1,457 1,521 1,608 1,448 1,605
2050 1,586 1,596 1,633 1,543 1,715 1,982 1,472 1,978
2100 1,378 1,390 1,460 1,131 1,569 2,687 954 2,739
Iraq 2010 32 32 32 32 32 32
2030 47 47 48 47 50 55 51 57
2050 58 59 62 59 68 85 71 97
2100 66 67 74 62 89 169 88 284
Kenya 2010 41 41 41 41 41 41
2030 59 60 61 59 61 66 62 69
2050 72 75 78 73 80 95 81 111
2100 80 86 93 75 98 157 87 268
Madagascar 2010 21 21 21 21 21 21
2030 30 31 31 31 33 35 34 38
2050 36 37 38 38 45 52 46 65
2100 40 41 43 38 59 89 56 187
Malawi 2010 15 15 15 15 15 15
2030 24 25 25 25 26 28 25 28
2050 32 35 34 35 41 48 35 51
2100 39 46 46 46 68 109 43 159
Mali 2010 15 15 15 15 15 15
2030 24 24 25 24 26 27 25 29
2050 29 30 32 31 36 42 34 56
2100 34 35 38 35 48 66 38 201
Mozambique 2010 23 23 23 23 23 23
2030 32 32 33 32 34 35 39 44
2050 37 38 39 39 42 47 52 78
2100 39 41 43 38 50 68 59 240
Nepal 2010 30 30 30 30 30 30
2030 39 40 40 40 42 45 31 35
2050 46 46 48 45 51 62 30 42
2100 46 47 49 40 55 102 14 49
Niger 2010 16 16 16 16 16 16
2030 26 27 27 27 30 33 33 38
2050 35 37 38 41 51 63 54 90
2100 43 48 52 57 98 161 78 524
Nigeria 2010 158 158 158 158 158 158
2030 244 247 253 243 253 268 247 277
2050 332 344 363 333 371 435 313 478
2100 439 478 549 439 576 879 326 1,494
Pakistan 2010 174 174 174 174 174 174
2030 224 225 229 224 237 255 232 258
2050 248 251 261 249 286 344 265 359
2100 235 241 260 212 314 551 209 629
Philippines 2010 93 93 93 93 93 93
2030 117 118 120 117 122 131 117 130
2050 129 129 136 127 141 170 127 172
2100 123 124 137 107 147 251 95 295
Senegal 2010 12 12 12 12 12 12
2030 18 18 18 18 19 21 22 24
2050 20 21 21 21 25 32 31 42
2100 21 23 23 20 33 60 41 127
Uganda 2010 33 33 33 33 33 33
2030 55 56 56 56 60 65 57 66
2050 73 76 79 79 93 113 79 123
2100 90 98 108 104 154 242 89 416
United Republic of Tanzania 2010 45 45 45 45 45 45
2030 67 68 69 69 73 78 78 87
2050 81 84 86 88 102 120 112 162
2100 92 96 102 98 141 212 147 546

Data are from various sources. Bold italic numbers refer to empirical starting data.

*

Fertility scenario: SDG1 and SDG2 are 20% lower than SSP2. SDG3 is 10% lower than SSP2. SSP3 is 20% higher than SSP2, and SSP1 is 20% lower than SSP2.