This is higher than the UN's medium estimate of about 11 billion, but within the range of the low and
high fertility estimates (7 and 17 billion, respectively).
Using the UN's «medium
fertility» population growth rate projection and the assumed
higher per capita carbon footprint plus the assumption that 50 % of the emitted CO2 will «remain» in the atmosphere, we arrive at an
estimated atmospheric CO2 concentration of 640 ppmv by 2100.