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Bookmark or Share- 11 facts about the world's changing populationEvery year, the world’s population is expanding by 83 million people. Right now, there are around 7.6 billion people in the world.
- World population just passed 8 billion. Here's what it meansThe number of people on Earth passed 8 billion this week, according to the United Nation's World Population Prospects 2022 report.
- and climate change could be to blame - The World Economic ForumIn the Black Sea, unchecked population growth is precisely what’s happened. Anchovy fishing in the region had caused harm to the Black Sea’s ecosystem by the time stowaway jellyfish made the journey there from the eastern seaboard of the USA.
- Even as birth rates decline overpopulation remains a global challengeDespite this, some regions are still experience significant population growth.The UN noted, for example, that despite lower fertility rates in Africa, where rates fell from 5.1 births per woman between 2000-2005 to 4.7 births between 2010-2015, the populations of 26 African countries are likely to “at least double” by 2050.
- African cities will double in population by 2050. Here are 4 ways to ...Africa is not prepared for this urban explosion. By 2025, there will be 100 African cities with more than one million inhabitants, according to McKinsey.
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