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UN: The world's population by 2050
The United Nations has published a forecast of the global population by 2050, according to which the Earth's population will increase by 2, 5 billion people will be 9, 1 billion people.
UN experts have calculated that in the future growth of the world population will occur exclusively at the expense of the poorest states. A number of people in the US, Europe and other developed regions should steadily decline. The population of the 49 poorest countries in the world will double to 1, 7 billion people that, according to the deputy director of the population United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Thomas Buettner, "significantly complicate the fight against poverty».
UN experts have calculated that in the future growth of the world population will occur exclusively at the expense of the poorest states. A number of people in the US, Europe and other developed regions should steadily decline. The population of the 49 poorest countries in the world will double to 1, 7 billion people that, according to the deputy director of the population United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Thomas Buettner, "significantly complicate the fight against poverty».
