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muriel_volestrangler

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Thu May-27-10 07:39 PM
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11. The world population is expected to level off at perhaps 50% more than it is now

The rate of increase has slowed considerably already.

eg figures for world popiulation ( http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/region.php ):

1978: 4,303,133,652
1979: 4,377,496,958 - increase 1.73%

1988: 5,108,859,812
1989: 5,195,713,196 - increase 1.70%

1998: 5,932,090,951
1999: 6,008,254,795 - increase 1.28%

2008: 6,681,112,529
2009: 6,755,987,239 - increase 1.12%

By 2050, the predicted population is 9,202,458,484 - just 36% more than the current. And just 0.45% more than 2049.

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