14 DAY TRIAL // A new report issued by the UN says that, all things considered, some 11 billion people will inhabit out planet by the end of this century.
Previous studies estimated that global population would only grow to about 10.1 billion people within said timeframe.
The UN explains that this unexpected growth in our planet's population will largely be due to the fact that more people are being born in Africa.
“The fertility decline in Africa has slowed down or stalled to a larger extent than we previously predicted, and as a result the African population will go up,” explained report co-author Adrian Raftery, as cited by Mongabay.
What Adrian Raftery means is that, by 2100, Africa will most likely be home to 4.2 billion people. Presently, just 1.1 billion individuals live on this continent.
“These new findings show that we need to renew policies, such as increasing access to family planning and expanding education for girls, to address rapid population growth in Africa,” the researchers wished to emphasize.
The UN is very much worried about the fact that this increase in the global population will put tremendous strain of the natural resources human society has at its disposal.