Over the next decades the world's population will undergo social and economic changes, which will notably influence the consumption and production of meat around the world. In the stream of these changes, broiler meat seems to enjoy a series of important features when compared to mostly beef and pork. This may convert it to a leading protein in the context of a future "meat-hungrier" world. The world population will grow and will reach an astonishing 8 billion people by 2030 from about 6.1 billion in2000, a 150% growth in 30 years. Percentage wise this expansion will be the highest ever in Africa, with 175% population growth from 800 million to 1.4 billion, while on the other continents the expansion will vary from 32% to 40%. However, consideringthe population size, Asia, as whole, will be the leading continent, with a population of 4.1 billion people in 2030, equivalent to 60.5% of the world's population. In the same time frame the world's population will age as well. By 2030, the average population's age in the European Union will be about 44 years,
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