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Dec 7, 2022 · Growth is beginning to slow, and experts predict the world's population will top out sometime in the 2080s at about 10.4 billion. Credit: Katie Peek; Source: World Population Prospects 2022 ...
Aug 26, 2024 · China was until recently the world’s most populous nation, accounting for a sixth of the global population. But China, too, is now declining , with the fall expected to rapidly accelerate.
Jul 11, 2024 · The global population reached nearly 8.2 billion by mid-2024 and is expected to grow by another two billion over the next 60 years, peaking at around 10.3 billion in the mid-2080s. It will then fall to around 10.2 billion, which is 700 million lower than expected a decade ago. That’s just one of the key findings revealed in Thursday’s World ...
Jul 11, 2024 · Falling fertility rates are driving this slowdown in population growth. Although the global population is expected to increase for many more decades, the population growth rate is slowing rapidly. This is driven by a dramatic reduction in fertility rates, which measure the average number of children per woman.
May 2, 2023 · The census process can reveal interesting demographic shifts. The 2020 Census surfaced one particularly noteworthy trend: the U.S. population is growing at its slowest rate since the Great Depression. That finding raised alarm because slowing population growth can cause economic stagnation and, with it, diminished standing in the word.
The World Population Prospects 2019: Highlights, estimates that the next 30 years will see the global population add an extra 2 billion people to today's figure of 7.7 billion, and, by the end of ...
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On the one hand, shifting away from rapid and unsustainable population growth reduces pressure on resources, from food and healthcare to land, materials, and commodities. On the other hand, it will mean higher dependency ratios, strain the global workforce and social benefits, and can lead to a loss of productivity and innovation. The choices ...
