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
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
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
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
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
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
World population 2020 visualized with 8 000 wooden blocks. Every block represents 1 million inhabitants. Every continent is represented with a different colour.
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
Watch human population grow from 1 CE to present and see projected growth in under six minutes. One dot = 1 million people.
The World in 2015: Global population and the changing shape of world demographics
