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UN DESA explicitly contrasts rapidly growing, higher-fertility populations with rapidly ageing low-fertility populations, naming China in the latter and India/Nigeria/sub-Saharan Africa in the former. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Leveraging population trends for a more sustainable and inclusive future · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:9922c9be7c73080e2c00b315a9d1e110e2ed5894cff69d2d5fdfd13d758666c6

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Some have high levels of fertility and are growing rapidly, while others have historically low levels of fertility. Those that have experienced low levels of fertility for several decades are seeing their populations age rapidly ... This group includes China, Germany, Japan and the Russian Federation. ... In 126 countries ... including India, Indonesia and Nigeria ... sub-Saharan Africa is projected to see an increase of 79 per cent ...

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