{"id":35067,"date":"2011-05-08T15:43:34","date_gmt":"2011-05-08T15:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/rising-sea-of-humanity-un-says-pop-will-hit-10b-by-2100%e2%80%94-keep-going-up-80beats\/"},"modified":"2011-05-08T15:43:34","modified_gmt":"2011-05-08T15:43:34","slug":"rising-sea-of-humanity-un-says-pop-will-hit-10b-by-2100%e2%80%94-keep-going-up-80beats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/rising-sea-of-humanity-un-says-pop-will-hit-10b-by-2100%e2%80%94-keep-going-up-80beats.php","title":{"rendered":"Rising Sea of Humanity: UN Says Pop. Will Hit 10B by 2100\u2014&amp; Keep Going Up | 80beats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What&rsquo;s the News:<\/strong> The world&rsquo;s population is projected to reach 7 billion this October and continue climbing, reaching 10.1 billion by the end of the 21st century, says an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/esa.un.org\/unpd\/wpp\/Other-Information\/Press_Release_WPP2010.pdf\">official United Nations report<\/a> (PDF) released earlier this week. This is a significant departure from earlier projections that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.sciencemag.org\/scienceinsider\/2011\/05\/10-billion-plus-why-world-population.html\">said the population would peak<\/a> at just over 9 billion, then level off and even slightly decline.<\/p><p><strong>How the Heck:<\/strong><\/p><p> Projecting the world population is based on looking at fertility and mortality rates, and how they may be affected by government policies, available services, and behavior. Starting with a few possible fertility and mortality trajectories, researchers in the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs&nbsp;work out what those would mean for overall population.<br>These projections differ from earlier ones because fertility rates in many developing countries&mdash;particularly in Africa&mdash;aren&rsquo;t declining as quickly as demographers had thought they would. Nigeria, for instance, is currently the most populous country in ...<\/p><p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/5qGRQUcdqjTAOvLb5RbJ5CffX9g\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/cf914_di\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><br><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/5qGRQUcdqjTAOvLb5RbJ5CffX9g\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/cf914_di\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/c548a_Ivi8IwgSZrM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/c548a_VKuygbFxWOc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&rsquo;s the News: The world&rsquo;s population is projected to reach 7 billion this October and continue climbing, reaching 10.1 billion by the end of the 21st century, says an official United Nations report (PDF) released earlier this week. 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