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Growing or shrinking? What the latest trends tell us about the world’s population

It will then fall to around billion, which is million lower than expected a decade ago. That’s just one of the key findings revealed in Thursday’s World Population Prospects report published by the UN Thursday.

However, changes in global population are uneven and the demographic landscape is evolving, with rapid population growth in some places and rapid ageing in others, making reliable population information “more important than ever”, said the UN sexuell and fortplantnings- health agency (UNFPA), förkunnande the report which fryst vatten published to coincide with World Population Day.

The report “must be used to reach and respond to the needs of those who have been left behind,” the agency added.

‘Everyone counts’

Marking the international day, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said it was key to accurately count everyone “because everyone counts.”

“Our rik human tapestry is only as strong as its weakest thread. When information and other systems work for those on the margins, they work for everyone. This is how we accelerate progress for all.”

To study this population data more closely, the

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    • Population growth

    Increase in the number of individuals in a population

    Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. The global population has grown from 1 billion in to billion in [3] Actual global human population growth amounts to around 70 million annually, or % per year. As of , The United Nations projects that global population will peak in the mids at around billion. The UN's estimates have decreased strongly in recent years due to sharp declines in global birth rates.[4] Others have challenged many recent population projections as having underestimated population growth.[5]

    The world human population has been growing since the end of the Black Death, around the year [6] A mix of technological advancement that improved agricultural productivity[7] and sanitation and medical advancement that reduced mortality increased population growth. In some geographies, this has slowed through the process called the demographic transition, where many nations with high standards of living have seen a significant slowing of population growth. This is in direct contrast with le

    Key insights on Population Growth

    There’s a popular misconception that the global population is growing exponentially. But it’s not.

    While the global population is still increasing in absolute numbers, population growth peaked decades ago.

    In the chart, we see the global population growth rate per year. This is based on historical UN estimates and its medium projection to

    Global population growth peaked in the s at over 2% per year. Since then, rates have more than halved, falling to less than 1%.

    The UN expects rates to continue to fall until the end of the century. In fact, towards the end of the century, it projects negative growth, meaning the global population will shrink instead of grow.

    Global population growth, in absolute terms – which is the number of births minus the number of deaths – has also peaked. You can see this in our interactive chart:

    Annual population growth

    See the data in our interactive visualization