Is Tanzania's growing population a ticking time bomb?
Shoppers in Kariakoo, Dar es Salaam. The latest United Nation’s World Population Prospects report — which has data covering up to 2015 — indicates that Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are among the 33 countries whose population is projected to increase at least five-fold by 2100. PHOTO | FILE
In its last year report, the World Bank (WB) said the population would comprise the youth aged 18–23 in 10 countries, including Tanzania, between 2015 and 2035.
Other countries are Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan and Uganda
