Wednesday, June 21, 2017

World Population To Hit 8 Billion In 2023, 9.8 Billion In 2050



The Guardian: World population to hit 8bn in 2023, says new UN survey

New findings show more men than women and that there will be 1bn over-60s next year for the first time

The world’s population will break through the 8 billion mark in 2023, there are more men than women, and next year the number of over 60s will top 1 billion for the first time, according to the latest findings and forecasts from the United Nations annual population survey.

More than half of the global population growth by 2050 will come from sub-Saharan Africa, where fertility rates will persist at levels far higher than in the rest of the world, the UN predictions released on Wednesday show.

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Update #1: World population to hit 9.8 billion by 2050, despite nearly universal lower fertility rates – UN (UN News Centre)
Update #2: UN says world population will reach 9.8 billion in 2050 -- AP

WNU editor: This sums up the trend that we are now seeing ....

.... Half the growth in numbers of people will come from just nine countries: India, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Tanzania, the US, Uganda and Indonesia. By 2050 seven of the world’s 20 most populous nations will be African.

On a side note .... the above video is a must see on how the human population has grown over the centuries.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

More men than women. ..that's a new one as well... While I absolutely reject the idea that we need more women in politics, science and business because "they'd do things better" (they won't and they currently don't), it would be good to balance the world a bit more in women's favour even if they mess it up just as bad as we do, but at least they get to do it. ..fair is fair.. can't wait for the latest women invention or the latest war fought by women -- and men doing mostly the admin work of it. .what a show that'd be! :))

TWN said...

How about women learning to use a a toilet snake.

fred said...

So many people! No wonder it is difficult to find good parking places

James said...

TWN,
I know what you meant but the phrase "How about women learning to use a a toilet snake." could launch a thousand jokes! I like it.