IEA sees 1.3 billion people without power in 2030

* 80 pct of world to have electricity by 2015 (78 pct 2008)

* China, India, Latin America energy poverty to decrease

* By 2030, over 50 pct of Sub-Sahara still without power

By Joe Brock

LONDON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - The proportion of the world's population with access to electricity will rise over the next 20 years but more than a billion people will still be without power in 2030, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday.

The IEA, which advises 28 industrialised countries on energy policy, said most of the people still living without power in 2030 would be in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia with four out of five of these people in rural areas.

The agency's annual World Energy Outlook said that if governments made no change to existing policies, 1.3 billion people, or 16 percent of the world's population, would still lack access to electricity in 2030, despite widespread prosperity and more advanced technology.

Around 85 percent of the people now without access to electricity live in rural areas, where lack of heating fuel, mechanical power and reliable lighting can increase crime, health risks and poverty.