Europe and Asia lose population share, Africa gains

Share of the world population on all continents, in 1950, 2017, 2030, 2050 and 2100, according to the UN World Population Prospect from 2017. The population share in Latin America and the Caribbean, Northern America and Oceania will stay stable.

Chart: Lisa Charlotte Rost, Datawrapper Source: UN World Population Prospects, 2017 Get the data