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World Population to Keep Growing this Century, Hit 11 Billion by 2100

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World Population Projections
The top panel shows total world population projected to 2100. Dotted lines are the range or error using the older scenario method, while shaded regions are the uncertainties using statistical methods. The darker shading is the 80 percent confidence bars, and the lighter shading shows the 95 percent confidence bars. At the bottom are the population projections for each continent. © University of Washington

 

Check the following link to read/download the Full Story – “World Population Stabilization Unlikely this Century”:
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2014/09/17/science.1257469.abstract

 

Source: University of Washington.

 

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