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population growth

Environment and development

The effect of two billion more people

March 31, 2025March 31, 2025 Richard Grossman
Environment, population, population growth, world

Richard Grossman joins the ongoing N-IUSSP debate on the sustainability of current and predicted population growth. He takes up several of the arguments that make David Lam moderately optimistic about … Read more

Environment and development

How will two billion more people affect food, water, energy, and CO2?

January 20, 2025 David Lam
Environment, population, population growth, world

David Lam looks at the resource impact of the projected 2.1 billion increase in world population by 2084. He concludes that population change will increase demand for food and water, … Read more

Video

Overpopulation hitting the poorest as family planning remains contentious in Nigeria

March 11, 2024 N-IUSSP
Africa, nigeria, population, population growth

Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa and the largest Black demographic in the world. If current trends continue, the country is projected to become the third most populous … Read more

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8 billion strong – infinite possibilities for people and planet

December 5, 2022November 28, 2022 N-IUSSP
8billion, population, population growth, world

Our world is approaching a landmark moment in human history. On 15 November 2022, the global population is projected to reach 8 billion people. Thanks to science, technology, and groundbreaking … Read more

Education, work, economy (socio-economic differences)

Slower population growth signals successes and benefits

September 2, 2021 Joel E. Cohen and Joseph Chamie
Americas, Asia, china, Finland, population growth, world

Results from 2020 population censuses for the United States and China made headlines about population collapse, baby busts and demographic decline. Lopsided lamentations have given little attention to the social, … Read more

Video

Could We Control Human OVER Population?

July 12, 2021July 5, 2021 N-IUSSP
population, population growth, video

Experts estimate that by 2050 there could be 10 billion humans on earth. With human population growing so rapidly could we control population growth in the future? BBC Earth Lab

Video

World Population in 2020

May 17, 2021January 17, 2021 N-IUSSP
population growth, video

World population 2020 visualized with 8 000 wooden blocks. Every block represents 1 million inhabitants. Every continent is represented with a different colour.

Video

Largest cities in the world through time

May 17, 2021November 17, 2020 N-IUSSP
population growth, video
Environment and development

Demography and development in the maze of Indian districts

March 10, 2021January 7, 2020 Sanjay K. Mohanty, Udaya S. Mishra, Rajesh K. Chauhan and Sayantani Chatterjee
Asia, Children, India, population, population growth

A striking contrast in demographic and development indicators emerges from a recent analysis of the 640 districts of India, which Sanjay K. Mohanty, Udaya S. Mishra, Rajesh K. Chauhan and … Read more

Environment and development

Even in Europe: population growth and climate change

March 10, 2021November 26, 2018 Hannes Weber
Environment, Europe, population, population growth

Proving many experts’ forecasts wrong, large parts of Europe are witnessing population growth rather than stability or decline. Hannes Weber notes that this is having detrimental effects on the environment … Read more

Video

Overpopulation – The Human Explosion Explained

May 5, 2021October 16, 2017 N-IUSSP
population, population growth, video

In a very short amount of time the human population exploded and is still growing very fast. Will this lead to the end of our civilization?

Video

How Did the World Population Change?

May 4, 2021May 15, 2017 N-IUSSP
population growth, video, world

A tribute to Hans Rosling (1948-2017) – Swedish stats guru and public educator Hans Rosling has died aged 68. In this spectacular section of The Joy Of Stats, broadcast by … Read more

Video

The Population Cliff ! What are the Solutions

May 4, 2021March 13, 2017 N-IUSSP
economic growth, population, population growth, video

July 11 is World Population Day, as designated by the UN. It was established on the occasion of the global population exceeding the 5 billion mark, to raise awareness of … Read more

Graphics

Did you know?

April 27, 2021January 16, 2017 N-IUSSP
graphics, population, population growth, refugee

The global population of forcibly displaced people has increased substantially in the past two decades, rising from 37.3 million in 1996 to 65.3 million in 2015. “We are facing the … Read more

Video

Human Population through time

April 26, 2021November 14, 2016 N-IUSSP
population, population growth, video

It took 200,000 years for our human population to reach 1 billion—and only 200 years to reach 7 billion. But growth has begun slowing, as women have fewer babies on … Read more

Graphics

Did you know?

April 26, 2021October 17, 2016 N-IUSSP
aeging, graphics, Old age, population, population growth, world

Two thirds of the world’s older persons live in the developing regions and their numbers are growing faster there than in the developed regions. World Population Ageing Report

Video

World population growth

April 20, 2021May 16, 2016 N-IUSSP
population, population growth, video, world

Watch human population grow from 1 CE to present and see projected growth in under six minutes. One dot = 1 million people.

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How an ageing population will change the world – BBC News

August 20, 2022April 18, 2016 N-IUSSP
population, population ageing, population growth, video
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2060 and the world population pyramid | The Economist

April 19, 2021February 22, 2016 N-IUSSP
population, population growth, video, world

The World in 2015: Global population and the changing shape of world demographics 

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