By 2050, the number of residents will be 10 billion Bashny.Net

By 2050, the number of people on our planet will increase to 9, 731 billion people, said researchers from the French National Institute of Demographic Studies. According to the published report, by this time a quarter of the world's population will be in Africa - 2, 435 billion, that is, the population of the continent increased in the two compared to the present situatsiey.

However, the most populous continent remains Asia, where scientists project that will be the time to live 5 284 billion. The number of residents of EU countries will reach 517 million, while the population of Europe, French scientists believe, will decrease from 740 million to 726 million people. Forecasts of French researchers indicate population growth in America, which in 2050 will overcome the mark of 1 billion people. On the continent will live 1 228 000 000 000 chelovek.

To date, the world live about 7, 141 billion. At the same time, according to UN projections, world population will be 8, 1 billion people already in 2025, and by 2050 people on the planet will have 9, 6 billion.

Source: mirfactov.com/