Total: 7,515,284,153 Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at Countries Ordered by Population in 2017
Currently, the world population continues to grow though more slowly than in the recent past. Ten years ago, world population was growing by 1.24 per cent per year. Today, it is growing by 1.18 per cent per year, or approximately an additional 83 million people annually. The world population is projected to increase by more … Continue reading
PRB’s population projections in the 2015 Data Sheet show world population reaching 9.8 billion by 2050, up from an estimated 7.3 billion now, though the projections mask wide variations among countries, notably: National populations are projected to more than double in 40 countries, the vast majority of which are in Africa. Niger’s population is projected … Continue reading
There are currently 7.2 billion people on the planet. We may need to make room for 11 billion. A new study in Science argues that the world’s population is likely to grow to nearly 11 billion by 2100 if current trends hold. What’s more, the global population now seems unlikely to stabilize this century. This in … Continue reading
More than 7.2 billion people exist in the world today with half the global population residing in just six countries, United Nations data show. China and India have some of the biggest populations with more than 1 billion people each. And those numbers are projected to get even bigger, especially in urban areas. The U.N. … Continue reading
Mara Swan shared a map showing the predicted distribution for the estimated world population in 2050. It shows that the population is moving east (which represents a big challenge for values and mind-sets – most of our companies are based on Western and Christian values, yet most of the workforce’s are based on Eastern and … Continue reading