Comparing UN projections from 2019 and 2022: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Projections_of_population_growth&oldid=942588474#/media/File:World_popu

Comparing UN projections from 2019 and 2022: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Projections_of_population_growth&oldid=942588474#/media/File:World_population_growth,_1700-2100,_2019_revision.png https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Projections_of_po... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projections_of_population_growth#/media/File:World_population_growth,_1700-2100,_2022_revision.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projections_of_population_grow... There's a visible shift towards the low end, with the peak now happening in this century, instead of the next. I think it's unlikely that the global population will peak below 9bln, but below 10bln in within the realm of possibility, considering that it already had been revised by close to half a billion.