World population will peak at 10.3 billion in the 2080s, says UN

World population will peak at 10.3 billion in the 2080s, says UN

Earth’s population will peak in the mid-2080s at around 10.3 billion people, then drop slightly to a level much lower than anticipated a decade ago, the United Nations said. The current population of 8.2 billion people will rise to that maximum over the next 60 years, then dip to 10.2 billion by the end of … Read more