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Population projections

Posted by nikalex on 10 Mar 2016 at 16:41 GMT

Am surprised that research published in 2016 uses 10-yr old population projections. The latest UN projections (2015 assessment-Medium Variant) show world population would not "stabilize at 9 Billion from 2047", but keep growing to 9.7 b. in 2050 and on to 11.2 b. by 2100 (UN, World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision)
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