Contrary to previous estimates,
the number of people on the planet now seems unlikely to stabilize this century
Birthrates are falling around the world; by the end of the century
the number of people on the planet may top out and, in an unprecedented reversal, start to decline.
In the 1960s and 1970s, the global population was growing at an annual rate of 2 per cent, enough to double
the number of people on the planet every 30 years or so.
The Mobile Phone is the one consumer product that has really taken off and ultimately seen a 1:1 ratio between the number of mobile phone users and
number of people on the planet.
The number of stars in the sky, the number of carbon dioxide molecules in the atmosphere and
the number of people on the planet are the impetus for my work.
This is because
the number of people on the planet is still growing and by mid-century we'll need to roughly double the food supply — which, of course, starts with growing crops, whether to feed us or to feed to pigs and cows and chickens.
After all, the latest United Nations population projections, released in July, do indicate that we may be nearing a plateauing of
the number of people on the planet.
In 2010 Ted Turner, founder of CNN, called on, on world leaders to address the global warming crisis by drastically reducing
the number of people on the planet.
That's more than 3,000 times
the number of people on the planet.