Earth’s population | This expert thinks the global population will soon decline

The world's population has surpassed 8 billion people, according to a United Nations projection, with much of the growth coming from developing nations in Africa.

However, Ipsos Public Affairs Global CEO Darrell Bricker says that figure is misleading because most of the population growth is a result of people living longer.

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7 comments

    1. @GEN 913 Relatively, anything can be soon. “Soon” is very subjective and normally depends on how far somebody thinks ahead.

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