By the year 2070 the world’s population is projected to stop growing for the first time in human history. This is extraordinary, especially given that the world popula-tion has exploded—from 1.7 billion to 7.1 billion—since the beginning of the twentieth century. Estimates sug-gest that the global population will rise to 9.4 billion by 2070 then stabilize and decline to 9 billion by 21001. Download PDF to view full article
