WORLD  POPULATION


               The world's population has reached 8 billion people, because of longer life expectancy,

)fewer maternal and child deaths and increasingly effective health care systems. Many declare that more 

human beings will only exacerbate climate change. The truth is that population in developed nations 

has levelled off, with fertility rates dropping below replacement rate of 2.1 children per woman. Most 

of the ongoing growth is occurring in developing nations in Africa and Asia, which produce relatively 

few carbon emissions.


               It was in 1798 that Thomas Malthus warned in an infamous essay that further growth beyond 

the 8 million people then on the planet would lead to widespread famine. But so far our ability to feed

ourselves has grown faster than our population has.

                                     (from "THE WEEK" December 2, 2022



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