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A weekly examination of an
earth shattering number
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Focus:
Global Population
According
to the United Nations Population Division, 2.6 billion is the total expected
increase in the world population between 2005 and 2050.
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The current
world population numbers about 6.6 billion — and is expected to reach
a total of just under 9.1 billion people by the middle of the century.
That represents a 50% increase. |
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99% of that increase in the world's population will occur in the developing world. |
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China
(with its 1.3 billion people) and India (with its 1.1 billion people)
together currently have a population of just over 2.4 billion people. |
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That
means that a bit more than another China and another India will be added
to the global population by 2050. |
The
upshot
As recently
as 1950, the total world population amounted to 2.7 billion. Thus, almost
as many people will be added to the world population between now and 2050
as were alive by the middle of the 20th century!
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