See the sibling comment by jdietrich. And if you are still not convinced, this short video: https://www.gapminder.org/answers/how-reliable-is-the-world-populat

See the sibling comment by jdietrich. And if you are still not convinced, this short video: https://www.gapminder.org/answers/how-reliable-is-the-world-population-forecast/ https://www.gapminder.org/answers/how-reliable-is-the-world-... and, if you're interested more on why the forecast is so flat, I highly recommend taking the test at gapminder.org then watching Hans' TED talks.