The United Nations (UN) has predicted that Earth’s population would reach a peak of 10.3 billion people in the mid-1980s and then gradually decline to a level significantly below what was predicted ten years earlier.
According to a UN research titled “World Population Prospects 2024″, which was released on Thursday, the world’s population of 8.2 billion will reach its peak in the next 60 years and then decline to 10.2 billion by the end of the century.
According to this prediction, the number of people on Earth in 2100 will be 700 million fewer than in June 2013, or 6% fewer than in June 2013.
The study by the United Nations (UN) has claimed that lower fertility rates in several of the greatest nations in the world, particularly China, are one of the causes of the unanticipated population peak.
This lower limit will also occur sooner than anticipated, which is encouraging for the fight against global warming because fewer people would mean less aggregate consumption, which would lessen environmental strain.
According to the UN research, 63 countries or regions—including China, Russia, Japan, and Germany—have already reached their population peak, housing more than a quarter, or 28%, of the world’s population. Over the next 30 years, almost 50 more nations—including Brazil, Iran, and Turkey—should join that group.
Beyond 2054, population growth is expected to persist in over 120 countries. The UN lists these as Nigeria, Pakistan, Indonesia, India, and the United States.
The COVID-19 pandemic temporarily halted the rise in life expectancy, but it has since continued, with an average lifespan of 73.3 years in 2024. In 2054, it will average 77.4 years.
Thus, the global population will continue to age. According to the analysis, there will be more individuals 65 and older than children by the late 2070s—2.2 billion—than there are now.
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