The Role of Education and Information Technology for a Fair and Sustainable Development
Marco Pellegrini, Massimo Mozzon · IEEE Technology Policy and Ethics · 2018
The world's population peaked to 7.6 billion by mid-2017, approximately adding a billion inhabitants since 2005. The Population Division at the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) United Nations (UN), predicts that global population will increase by 1.1% each year reaching 11.2 billion by 2100 [1]. Sixty per cent of the world's people live in Asia and 17% in Africa, while the remaining 23% live across Europe, America and Oceania. China and India are the two most populous countries of the world comprising 19% and 18% of global total, respectively. Based on UN/DESA projected growth of global population until 2100, it is estimated that Asia and Africa will still remain the two most populous regions of the world, comprising about 83% of global population. Therefore, the majority population growth is expected to take place in developing and least developed countries (LDCs) [2].