8 ms·
7 Billion
- gommm 16y agoGood advertisement from National Geographic, makes me want to read the year-long serie...
- tomjen3 16y agoNice info graphics, but it's not honest. Only half as many people live without clean water compared to a decade ago.
- leif 16y agoHow exactly does one go from "the population has grown by 1 billion in the last 12 years, and again in the 12 years before that" to "the population will grow by 2 billion in the next 34 years". Is there any real evidence that our rate of growth is decreasing?
- Vivtek 16y agoThe 2006 UN world population report says so: http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2006/WPP2006_Highlights_rev.pdf http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2006/WPP200... - I believe that was the first statistical indication that the growth rate is easing. Certainly I remember feeling distinct relief.
- leif 16y agosweeeeeeet
- Umalu 16y agoAn increase in life expectancy and a decline in birth rates means that population increases in the near future will more and more be in the form of people living longer, rather than increases in the number of new people. After a while the decline in birth rates will catch up, and population will decline. Japan and Europe are furthest along this curve, but rest of world looks poised to follow.