BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 03:18:00
Reaching 3 billion in 1960 and putting on nearly a billion each decade after that. it reached 7 billion in 2011. we're now set to hit 8 billion people on the planet. so what about the future? the un projects they'll be 9 billion people by around 2037 —— there'll be 9 billion people by around 2037 and 10 billion by 2058. 6lobal population could peak at around 10.4 billion in the 2080s, and then plateau before declining in the next century. the united nations says more than half the projected population increase to 2050 will be in just eight countries, half of them are in sub saharan africa....