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Re:536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ (2018) by harryh on Thursday June 18, 2020 @03:47PM (#23567080)
Current projections of Earth's population have a peak population of about 11B (only 40% higher than today) towards the end of the century and then declining. It's always hard to know what's going to happen in the future, but currently it's pretty unlikely that we'll ever see a worldwide population all that much higher than what we already have.
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Re:536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ (2018) by caogecym on Friday June 19, 2020 @11:45AM (#23575589)
Curious - did the projection say what’s the cause of the decline after the peak?
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Re:536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ (2018) by TechBro8615 on Friday June 19, 2020 @12:19PM (#23575933)
I'm just speculating, but probably declining birth rates as economies develop.
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