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    Peak global population is approaching, thanks to lower fertility rates: Graphics explain
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    Peak global population is approaching, thanks to lower fertility rates: Graphics explain

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    1. Gari_305 on

      From the article

      >[A new report from United Nations](https://population.un.org/wpp/) shows the estimated global population will peak at 10.3 billion people in the mid-2080s – a significantly earlier timeline than what was predicted a few years prior.

      >Although the population is continuing to grow, the [report](https://population.un.org/wpp/) found that such growth is slowing down. One indicator of this slow down is the drop in global fertility rates.

      >Fertility rate is the number of live births per woman at reproductive age. Globally, the rate is 2.25 births per woman – that is one child per woman less than three decades prior in 1990.

    2. Thedogsnameisdog on

      Come on humans! You can do better! Peak faster, harder, better stronger.

    3. HG_Shurtugal on

      Surprise Surprise the harder it is economically it is to have kids the fertility rate drops.

    4. FuckingSolids on

      Peak global population has always “been approaching.” Wouldn’t word it that way for the 2080s estimate, though.