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The United Nation's latest global population projection predicts there will be 8 billion people on the planet by November and that the population will gradually increase to 8.5 billion by 2050 and to more than 10 billion by 2080. That growth will come with significant economic and environmental implications
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The world's population will reach eight billion people this year Pakalolo
World Population Prospects 2022: Summary of Results
World Population Prospects 2022 is the twenty-seventh edition of the official United Nations population estimates and projections. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present for 237 countries or areas, underpinned by analyses of historical demographic trends. This latest assessment considers the results of 1,758 national population censuses conducted between 1950 and 2022, as well as information from vital registration systems and from 2,890 nationally representative sample surveys.
The 2022 revision also presents population projections to the year 2100 that reflect a range of plausible outcomes at the global, regional and national levels. For the first time, the estimates and projections are presented in one-year intervals of age and time instead of the five-year intervals used previously.
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Want to fight climate change? Have fewer children
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IT'S TIME TO END HARMFUL POPULATION DENIAL
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Polemicist and pundit George Monbiot's recent opinion piece in The Guardian claims (once again) that addressing the population issue is "blaming the poor" and "racist". Population Matters Director Robin Maynard replies to these unjustified and irrational accusations and explains why population denial hurts everyone, especially the world's most vulnerable
One week after Elon Musk talked about an ‘underpopulation crisis,’ the UN says the world population is set to continue growing until 2100
The latest UN population report pours cold water on Elon Musk's fears that declining birth rates will lead to "population collapse."
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India will surpass China in population next year, UN projects www.axios.com/…
Continued Global Population Growth Creates Challenges
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