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by jdietrich
2504 days ago
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>That's slowed down to about every 63 years currently The global fertility rate is 2.426, which is barely above the replacement rate. The population continues to grow primarily because the people who have already been born have good life expectancies. The UN forecasts that the population will reach a maximum of 10-12 billion by 2100, driven mainly by increasing life expectancy in the developed world. Key quote: Two-thirds of the projected growth of the global population through 2050 will be driven by current age structures. It would occur even if childbearing in high-fertility countries today were to fall immediately to around two births per woman over a lifetime. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_momentum https://population.un.org/wpp/Publications/Files/WPP2019_Hig... |
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