"There would be more than 4.4 million more people in South Africa if it were not for the AIDS pandemic, according to a survey released on Monday" by the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR), SAPA/News 24 reports (1/23).
Without AIDS-related deaths, the population would have been 55 million today, instead of 50.6 million, where it currently stands, and "[b]y 2040 the population would have reached 77.5 million -- a whopping 24 million people more than is currently projected," according to the study, GlobalPost notes (Conway-Smith, 1/23). "The survey is based on data sourced from the Actuarial Society of South Africa and the Institute for Futures Research," SAPA/News 24 writes (1/23).
Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report
http://globalhealth.kff.org/Daily-Reports/2012/January/24/GH-012412-SA-Population-With-AIDS.aspx