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World Population To Peak At 10.3 Billion In 2080s: UN Report
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.
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Senior Citizens To Outnumber Those Below 18 By 2080 Globally: UN Report
The UN World Population Prospects report said the world's population will peak in the mid-2080s, growing over the next 60 years from 8.2 billion people now to 10.3 billion in the mid-2080s, and will return to 10.2 billion by the end of the century.
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Weak Economy, COVID Rampage Likely Shrank China's Population Again In 2023
China's population likely dropped for a second consecutive year in 2023 due to a surge in COVID-related deaths after the country abruptly ended strict lockdowns, while weak confidence in the economy's prospects keeps birth rates depressed.
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Alarmed By Ageing Population, China Scrambles To Lift Birth Rate
China was for decades preoccupied with the prospect of runaway population growth and imposed a strict one-child policy from 1980 to 2015 to keep numbers in check. But now the UN expects China's population to shrink from next year.
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Herd Immunity Not A Possibility With Delta Variant, Warns UK Vaccine Expert
The highly transmissible Delta variant of coronavirus has rendered the prospect of herd immunity, where the majority of a country's population becomes immune to a virus, difficult, the head of the UK's Oxford Vaccine Group has warned.
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1 In 2 Youths Subject To Depression, Anxiety: UN's Global Study On COVID-19 Impact
Half of the world's youth population are subject to anxiety or depression-causing circumstances and more than a third are uncertain of their future career prospects due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey by the International Labour Organization - a United Nations agency.
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Population Of Earth To Reach 9.7 Billion In 2050: UN
The world population is expected to climb to 9.7 billion in 2050 from 7.7 billion today, with the population of sub-Saharan Africa doubling, a United Nations report released Monday said.
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India will surpass China to become world's most populous nation in 15 years: United Nations
India will surpass China to become world's most populous nation around 2028, with its population crossing the 1.45 billion mark (145 crore), according to latest report by the United Nations.
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World Population To Peak At 10.3 Billion In 2080s: UN Report
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.
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Senior Citizens To Outnumber Those Below 18 By 2080 Globally: UN Report
The UN World Population Prospects report said the world's population will peak in the mid-2080s, growing over the next 60 years from 8.2 billion people now to 10.3 billion in the mid-2080s, and will return to 10.2 billion by the end of the century.
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Weak Economy, COVID Rampage Likely Shrank China's Population Again In 2023
China's population likely dropped for a second consecutive year in 2023 due to a surge in COVID-related deaths after the country abruptly ended strict lockdowns, while weak confidence in the economy's prospects keeps birth rates depressed.
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Alarmed By Ageing Population, China Scrambles To Lift Birth Rate
China was for decades preoccupied with the prospect of runaway population growth and imposed a strict one-child policy from 1980 to 2015 to keep numbers in check. But now the UN expects China's population to shrink from next year.
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Herd Immunity Not A Possibility With Delta Variant, Warns UK Vaccine Expert
The highly transmissible Delta variant of coronavirus has rendered the prospect of herd immunity, where the majority of a country's population becomes immune to a virus, difficult, the head of the UK's Oxford Vaccine Group has warned.
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1 In 2 Youths Subject To Depression, Anxiety: UN's Global Study On COVID-19 Impact
Half of the world's youth population are subject to anxiety or depression-causing circumstances and more than a third are uncertain of their future career prospects due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey by the International Labour Organization - a United Nations agency.
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Population Of Earth To Reach 9.7 Billion In 2050: UN
The world population is expected to climb to 9.7 billion in 2050 from 7.7 billion today, with the population of sub-Saharan Africa doubling, a United Nations report released Monday said.
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India will surpass China to become world's most populous nation in 15 years: United Nations
India will surpass China to become world's most populous nation around 2028, with its population crossing the 1.45 billion mark (145 crore), according to latest report by the United Nations.
