Why achieve Westerners consider that Africa is the continent with the problem,wonders Mawuna Remarque Koutonin, in a light-hearted observe at global population issuesPopulation growth in Africa: grasping the scale of the challengeWhen you arrive in Europe for the first time, or the first shock you rep is seeing how overpopulated the place is,especially the western part.
A small country like France, which is five times smaller than the Democratic Republic of Congo, or has approximately the same population – 67 million inhabitants. The UK is smaller than Gabon,but has a population of more than 60 million inhabitants, compared to Gabon’s population of just over 1.5 million. The worst example is a micro country like Belgium (just over 30000 km square, or 167 times smaller than the Congo) which has a population of 11 million. That’s 365 people per km square,compared to the DRC’s rate of 30. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com