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World’s population up
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As the world’s population grows, Russia’s population will be declining, the experts forecast. The world’s population in 2009 made 6.8 billion, and by 2025 it will make up to 8.1 billion, and a quarter of a century later – up to 9.4 billion.
Africa’s population will be growing most quickly. By 2050, it will double to reach 2.1 billion. Asia’s population makes 4.2 billion now, and may add 1.3 billion by 2050.
The growth will depend mostly on demographic situations in two countries – India /1.2 billion now, 1.7 billion by 2050/ and China /1.3 billion and 1.4 billion respectively/.
Europe will be “most likely the first region ever where the population will decline long-term due to low birth level, first of all in Eastern Europe and Russia,” the research said. Presently, there are 738 Europeans, and by 2050 there may remain only 702 million.
As for the United States of America, the present population makes 310 million. By 2050, it may grow to 399 million, or 423 million, or even 458 million, which will depend on the immigration processes.
The experts believe that by 2050 the USA will be the only ‘first world’ country among the world’s top ten leaders in population.
Present-day leaders are: China, India, the USA, Indonesia /235 million/, Brazil /193 million/, Pakistan /185 million/, Bangladesh /164 million/, Nigeria /158 million/, Russia and Japan /127 million/. American experts forecast that by 2050 the same countries will keep first eight positions, though the order may change, while the two last positions will be taken by Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
2 Comments on "World’s population up"
Simon Wigzell on Fri, 30th Jul 2010 7:59 am
On the bright side, the rate of population increase is decreasing. At its peak – in the 60s I believe – the world population was doubling every 35 years.
But in the next 40 years it is going to increase by barely a third.
2009 = 6.8 billion
2050 = 9.4 billion
If the rate of increase continues to decline the world population will peak at well under 9 billion.
Of course these figures completely ignore climate change and peak oil.
I would bet there are considerably less than 1 billion people in 2050.
Timson on Sun, 1st Aug 2010 1:46 am
@ Simon,
Let’s hope your right. I’ll be 74 in 2050 so chances are I’ll live to see whether you were right or wrong 🙂