The human population has experienced a period of unprecedented growth, more than tripling in size since 1950. It reached almost 7.8 billion in 2020 and is projected to grow to over 8.5 billion in ...

Over the next 30 years, we know we'll face rapid population growth and greater pressures on our natural resources. The statistics are sobering -- with 9.7 billion people on the planet by 2050 ...

India, along with eight other countries, will make up over half of the estimated population growth between now and ... by 2050, this is projected to decline further to 2.2 births: a fertility ...

Why it matters: That level of growth would gain North Carolina ... Driving the news: Cline also projected that North Carolina's population would grow by some 4.3 million — the size of the ...