联合国称印度人口将于2022年超过中国人口

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【中文标题】联合国称印度人口将于2022年超过中国人口

【英文标题】India 'to overtake China's population by2022' - UN

【更新链接】http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33720723

【原文来源】BBC.com

【正文】

A new UN study of global population trends predicts that India willovertake China to become the world's most populous nation by 2022.

一项新的联合国全球人口趋势的研究预测，印度将在2022年取代中国成为世界上人口最多的国家。

The report also says that Nigeria will replace the US as the world'sthird most populous country by around 2050.

该项报告还称尼日利亚将于2050年左右取代美国成为世界上第三大人口最多的国家。

Africa is expected to account for more than half of the world'spopulation growth over the next 35 years.

非洲预计将在未来的35年中占据超过一半的世界人口增长。

The current world population of 7.3 billion will reach 9.7 billionin 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100, it predicts.

当前世界73亿人口将在2050年达到97亿，在2100年达到112亿，该研究预测。

The new projection has India overtaking China's population six yearsearlier than previously predicted.

这项新的规划比先前的印度将超过中国人口的预测还要早6年。

The reports says half of the world's population growth between 2015and 2050 is expected to be concentrated in nine countries: India, Nigeria,Pakistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Tanzania, the UnitedStates, Indonesia and Uganda.

报告说，在2015到2050年之间世界上一半的人口增长预计将集中在九个国家：印度、尼日利亚、巴基斯坦、刚果民主共和国、埃塞俄比亚、坦桑尼亚、美国、印度尼西亚和乌干达。

The populations of 28 African countries are projected to more thandouble, and by 2100, 10 African countries are projected to have increased by atleast a factor of five.

28个非洲国家的人口预计将增长一倍，到2100年，10个非洲国家预计将至少增加五倍。

"The concentration of population growth in the poorestcountries presents its own set of challenges, making it more difficult toeradicate poverty and inequality, to combat hunger and malnutrition," saidJohn Wilmoth, Director of the UN's Population Division.

“最贫穷国家的人口增长带来了一系列的挑战，它更加难以消除贫困和不平等，抗击饥饿和营养不良，”联合国人口司主任John Wilmoth说。

（四月网Annie2014独家编译自BBC新闻网）