Experts Scale Back Estimates of World Population Growth


Experts Scale Back Estimates of World Population Growth -- Barbara Crossette  -- New York Times  -- August 20, 2002

United Nations demographers who once predicted the earth's population would peak at 12 billion over the next century or two are scaling back their estimates. Instead, they cautiously predict, the world's population will peak at 10 billion before 2200, when it may begin declining.

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