The Slowdown of Our Global Population: Social, Political, and Economic Anxieties
In November of 2022 the world hit 8 billion people. It only took about 12 years for the population to grow from 7 to 8 billion, matching the rapid growth of the past 50 years, but this may be the last time it grows so quickly. Global population growth is slowing, and the UN estimates that it will take 15 years for another billion humans to be born, then 18 years for the next billion, then a slow 32 years […]
