Whenever the Earth’s population comes up as a topic of discussion, it almost always raises eyebrows and conjures a sense of genuine concern for many people.
The world’s wealthiest person keeps sending out a clarion call about the “end of humankind”, saying that we are on the verge of a catastrophic collapse due to declining birth rates.
Most of us are just trying to hang on until the end of 2020, so the idea of looking forward to 2100 is quite a stretch. Let’s try, anyway.
Last week 2oceansVibe reported on the release on the UN Population Fund State of World Population 2011 report, which estimates that by the end of October 2011, the number of humans in the world would soar past seven billion.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) dropped its annual State of World Population report late yesterday, and as has been predicted for a little while now, the earth’s human population will blast past seven billion people by the end of the month.