UN projects world population of 6.2 to 15.8 billion in 2100 with 10.1 billion midrange

UN projects world population of 6.2 to 15.8 billion in 2100 with 10.1 billion midrange

The UN has a new world population forecast out to 2100 The current world population of close to 7 billion is projected to reach 10.1 billion in the next ninety years, reaching 9.3 billion by the middle of this century, according to the medium variant of the 2010 Revision of World Population Prospects.

A few weeks ago this site had noted that the world population projections were too low. The UN previously predicted would reach 9.1 billion in 2050, then the peak will occur around 2070 at 9.4 billion.

A large life extension breakthrough in 2020 would add a maximum of about 4 billion people by 2100. This would have less impact on population than the high fertility versus midrange fertility scenario.