Could the Power Balance Shift With African Nations Population Growth?

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Africa will have more people by the end of this century than Asia. The international system for needs to find ways to represent African interests and ways that they're not currently, says Alden Young. "These institutions need to change their representation," he adds.

The United Nations says humanity has reached 8 billion, but Western nations are worried about population decline. Africa isn’t, though. The continent is about to shape the rest of the century.

This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro and Cristian Ayala, and edited by Sean Rameswaram who also hosted.

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