The End of Rapid Population Growth

Amy Smaldone and Mark Wright

On the Economy from Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Abstract: The world’s population had been doubling every 47 years to reach 8 billion today. But it is expected to peak at 10.5 billion before declining by century’s end.

Keywords: world population; global population; fertility rates; life expectancy at birth; population aging (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-03-06
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