该报告说，人口的快速增长和众多的年轻人意味着生活在贫困线以下的非洲人口的绝对数量可能会大致保持稳定。

It says rapid population growth and a bulge in the number of young people means the absolute number of people in Africa living in dire poverty may remain broadly constant.

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由于人口快速增长，贫困人口的绝对数字可能已经上升。

Because of a rapid increase in population, the absolute number of people in poverty has probably risen.

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现如今，因为营养不良导致体弱多病的人口比例较之过去已经降低（尽管这类人群的绝对数目依然很高，并且持续增长）。

There are now proportionately fewer malnourished people in the world than there used to be (though the absolute number is high and rising).

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