Re:Tech firms face growing resentment of parent employees du...
by ebruchez on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @01:08AM
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> We are at almost 8 billion and growing very rapidly
The "growing very rapidly" part is not true (1). The main reason the world population is still growing is that people live longer. Only relatively few countries still have out of control natality, mainly in Africa. The world's fertility rate is now at 2.4 (2) children per woman.
(Of course, these are just projections and imply some speculation. Things could still turn around.)
The "growing very rapidly" part is not true (1). The main reason the world population is still growing is that people live longer. Only relatively few countries still have out of control natality, mainly in Africa. The world's fertility rate is now at 2.4 (2) children per woman.
(Of course, these are just projections and imply some speculation. Things could still turn around.)
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projections_of_population_grow...
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_d...