World's Population Is Projected To Nearly Stop Growing By the End of the Century

schwit1 writes: The world's population is projected to nearly stop growing by the end of the century due in large part to falling global fertility rates, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of new data from the United Nations. By 2100, the world's population is projected to reach approximately 10.9 billion, with annual growth of less than 0.1% -- a steep decline from current levels. Between 1950 and today, the world's population grew between 1% and 2% each year, with the number of people rising from 2.5 billion to more than 7.7 billion. The report also found the world's population is getting older, with people over the age of 65 being the fastest-growing age group. 'One in four people living in Europe and Northern America could be 65 years or older by 2050,' reports USA Today. 'And the number of people age 80 or over is projected to triple globally, from 143 million in 2019 to 426 million in 2050.'
As for the global fertility rate, it fell from 3.2 births per woman in 1990 to 2.5 in 2019 and is projected to decline even further to 2.2 in 2050.

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