More than half of the world’s countries and areas have fertility rates that fall below replacement fertility – the 2.1 live births per woman required, in theory, to keep a population stable.

The Census Bureau has revealed how the global population will change between now and 2100, with some nations losing hundreds of thousands of people and others seeing large population growth. By ...

Her math is based on the 1988 work of noted demographer Jean Bourgeois-Pichat, who placed the world population at 81 billion from 600,000 BC to 1988. West then adjusted up for births since then.

The current world population is around 7.8 billion. The study runs counter to the U.N.’s prediction that the world’s population will reach its peak at nearly 11 billion around 2100.

The report places the current world population at 7.3 billion, and projects it will increase to 9.7 billion by 2050 and exceed 11 billion by the year 2100. The U.S. Census Bureau currently pegs ...

The current world population is around 7.8 billion. The study runs counter to the U.N.'s prediction that the world's population will reach its peak at nearly 11 billion around 2100.

It read: The current world population is 8.0 billion as of June 2022 according to the most recent United Nations estimates elaborated by Worldometers.

The report by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ Population Division forecasts that the current world population of nearly 7.6 billion will increase to 8.6 billion by 2030, 9.8 ...