Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-412821-20160406222201/@comment-26154170-20160413001610

NuclearVacuum wrote: Three of the main emerging powers – Brazil, India and China, have very large populations. Russia only was able to maintain rapid growth because its industries are not as labour-intensive as other industries.

The DRC's population is roughly 80 million and growing? I'd also suspect that war and economic growth would result in similar population growth. Am I wrong on this? Yes, you are wrong. The DRC's population growth is fuelled by very high fertility rates (in 2012 is was 6.04 births per woman). Lower death rates will still result in a lower population than in OTL.