Projections of population growth (English Wikipedia)

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bbc.co.uk

Can we be sure the world's population will stop rising?, BBC News, 13 October 2012
Can we be sure the world's population will stop rising?, BBC News, 13 October 2012

books.google.com

Day, Jeremiah (1831). The Principles of Plane Trigonometry, Mensuration, Navigation and Surveying. H. Howe.

census.gov

"Population Projections". United States Census Bureau.

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Vollset, Stein Emil; Goren, Emily; Yuan, Chun-Wei; Cao, Jackie; Smith, Amanda E.; Hsiao, Thomas; Bisignano, Catherine; Azhar, Gulrez S.; Castro, Emma; Chalek, Julian; Dolgert, Andrew J. (2020-10-17). "Fertility, mortality, migration, and population scenarios for 195 countries and territories from 2017 to 2100: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study". The Lancet. 396 (10258): 1285–1306. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30677-2. ISSN 0140-6736. PMC 7561721. PMID 32679112.
McNicoll, Geoffrey (June 1992). "The United Nations' Long-Range Population Projections". Population and Development Review. 18 (2): 333–340. doi:10.2307/1973683. JSTOR 1973683.
Gerland, P.; Raftery, A. E.; Ev Ikova, H.; Li, N.; Gu, D.; Spoorenberg, T.; Alkema, L.; Fosdick, B. K.; Chunn, J.; Lalic, N.; Bay, G.; Buettner, T.; Heilig, G. K.; Wilmoth, J. (September 14, 2014). "World population stabilization unlikely this century". Science. 346 (6206). AAAS: 234–7. Bibcode:2014Sci...346..234G. doi:10.1126/science.1257469. ISSN 1095-9203. PMC 4230924. PMID 25301627.
Kolk, M.; Cownden, D.; Enquist, M. (29 January 2014). "Correlations in fertility across generations: can low fertility persist?". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281 (1779): 20132561. doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.2561. PMC 3924067. PMID 24478294.
Burger, Oskar; DeLong, John P. (28 March 2016). "What if fertility decline is not permanent? The need for an evolutionarily informed approach to understanding low fertility". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 371 (1692): 20150157. doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0157. PMC 4822437. PMID 27022084.
McClendon, David (Autumn 2013). "Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth? Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century, by ERIC KAUFMANN". Sociology of Religion. 74 (3): 417–9. doi:10.1093/socrel/srt026.
Clarke, Alice L.; Low, Bobbi S. (2001). "Testing evolutionary hypotheses with demographic data" (PDF). Population and Development Review. 27 (4): 633–660. doi:10.1111/j.1728-4457.2001.00633.x. hdl:2027.42/74296.
Daly, Martin; Wilson, Margo I (26 June 1998). "Human evolutionary psychology and animal behaviour" (PDF). Animal Behaviour. 57 (3). Department of Psychology, McMaster University: 509–519. doi:10.1006/anbe.1998.1027. PMID 10196040. S2CID 4007382. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
Vollset, Stein Emil; Goren, Emily; Yuan, Chun-Wei (July 14, 2020). "Fertility, mortality, migration, and population scenarios for 195 countries and territories from 2017 to 2100: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study". Lancet. 396 (10258): 1285–1306. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30677-2. PMC 7561721. PMID 32679112.
Newmark, PA; Sánchez Alvarado, A (2002). "Not your father's planarian: a classic model enters the era of functional genomics". Nat Rev Genet. 3 (3): 210–219. doi:10.1038/nrg759. PMID 11972158. S2CID 28379017.
Martínez, DE (1998). "Mortality patterns suggest lack of senescence in hydra". Exp Gerontol. 33 (3): 217–225. doi:10.1016/S0531-5565(97)00113-7. PMID 9615920. S2CID 2009972. In an essay within the 2004 U.N. report, Tim Dyson said: "A rapid increase in life expectancy, which would raise the population pyramids, seems within reach, since it responds to an old and powerful demand for longevity."
Jason Collins (January 2019). "The heritability of fertility makes world population stabilization unlikely in the foreseeable future". Evolution and Human Behavior. 40 (1): 105–111. Bibcode:2019EHumB..40..105C. doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.09.001. S2CID 149854505.
O'Sullivan, Jane Nancy (2023). "Demographic Delusions: World Population Growth Is Exceeding Most Projections and Jeopardising Scenarios for Sustainable Futures". World. 4 (3): 545–568. doi:10.3390/world4030034.
Hoornweg, Daniel; Pope, Kevin (September 24, 2016). "Population predictions for the world's largest cities in the 21st century". Environment and Urbanization. 29 (1): 195–216. doi:10.1177/0956247816663557. ISSN 0956-2478. S2CID 157602234.

economist.com

"The world's peak population may be smaller than expected". The Economist. April 5, 2023.

handle.net

hdl.handle.net

Clarke, Alice L.; Low, Bobbi S. (2001). "Testing evolutionary hypotheses with demographic data" (PDF). Population and Development Review. 27 (4): 633–660. doi:10.1111/j.1728-4457.2001.00633.x. hdl:2027.42/74296.

harvard.edu

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Gerland, P.; Raftery, A. E.; Ev Ikova, H.; Li, N.; Gu, D.; Spoorenberg, T.; Alkema, L.; Fosdick, B. K.; Chunn, J.; Lalic, N.; Bay, G.; Buettner, T.; Heilig, G. K.; Wilmoth, J. (September 14, 2014). "World population stabilization unlikely this century". Science. 346 (6206). AAAS: 234–7. Bibcode:2014Sci...346..234G. doi:10.1126/science.1257469. ISSN 1095-9203. PMC 4230924. PMID 25301627.
Jason Collins (January 2019). "The heritability of fertility makes world population stabilization unlikely in the foreseeable future". Evolution and Human Behavior. 40 (1): 105–111. Bibcode:2019EHumB..40..105C. doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.09.001. S2CID 149854505.

independent.co.uk

"Population paradox: Europe's time bomb". The Independent. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2019.

jstor.org

McNicoll, Geoffrey (June 1992). "The United Nations' Long-Range Population Projections". Population and Development Review. 18 (2): 333–340. doi:10.2307/1973683. JSTOR 1973683.

mercatornet.com

"Shall the religious inherit the earth?". Mercator Net. April 6, 2010. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2020.

nih.gov

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Vollset, Stein Emil; Goren, Emily; Yuan, Chun-Wei; Cao, Jackie; Smith, Amanda E.; Hsiao, Thomas; Bisignano, Catherine; Azhar, Gulrez S.; Castro, Emma; Chalek, Julian; Dolgert, Andrew J. (2020-10-17). "Fertility, mortality, migration, and population scenarios for 195 countries and territories from 2017 to 2100: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study". The Lancet. 396 (10258): 1285–1306. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30677-2. ISSN 0140-6736. PMC 7561721. PMID 32679112.
Gerland, P.; Raftery, A. E.; Ev Ikova, H.; Li, N.; Gu, D.; Spoorenberg, T.; Alkema, L.; Fosdick, B. K.; Chunn, J.; Lalic, N.; Bay, G.; Buettner, T.; Heilig, G. K.; Wilmoth, J. (September 14, 2014). "World population stabilization unlikely this century". Science. 346 (6206). AAAS: 234–7. Bibcode:2014Sci...346..234G. doi:10.1126/science.1257469. ISSN 1095-9203. PMC 4230924. PMID 25301627.
Kolk, M.; Cownden, D.; Enquist, M. (29 January 2014). "Correlations in fertility across generations: can low fertility persist?". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281 (1779): 20132561. doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.2561. PMC 3924067. PMID 24478294.
Burger, Oskar; DeLong, John P. (28 March 2016). "What if fertility decline is not permanent? The need for an evolutionarily informed approach to understanding low fertility". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 371 (1692): 20150157. doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0157. PMC 4822437. PMID 27022084.
Daly, Martin; Wilson, Margo I (26 June 1998). "Human evolutionary psychology and animal behaviour" (PDF). Animal Behaviour. 57 (3). Department of Psychology, McMaster University: 509–519. doi:10.1006/anbe.1998.1027. PMID 10196040. S2CID 4007382. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
Vollset, Stein Emil; Goren, Emily; Yuan, Chun-Wei (July 14, 2020). "Fertility, mortality, migration, and population scenarios for 195 countries and territories from 2017 to 2100: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study". Lancet. 396 (10258): 1285–1306. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30677-2. PMC 7561721. PMID 32679112.
Newmark, PA; Sánchez Alvarado, A (2002). "Not your father's planarian: a classic model enters the era of functional genomics". Nat Rev Genet. 3 (3): 210–219. doi:10.1038/nrg759. PMID 11972158. S2CID 28379017.
Martínez, DE (1998). "Mortality patterns suggest lack of senescence in hydra". Exp Gerontol. 33 (3): 217–225. doi:10.1016/S0531-5565(97)00113-7. PMID 9615920. S2CID 2009972. In an essay within the 2004 U.N. report, Tim Dyson said: "A rapid increase in life expectancy, which would raise the population pyramids, seems within reach, since it responds to an old and powerful demand for longevity."

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Vollset, Stein Emil; Goren, Emily; Yuan, Chun-Wei; Cao, Jackie; Smith, Amanda E.; Hsiao, Thomas; Bisignano, Catherine; Azhar, Gulrez S.; Castro, Emma; Chalek, Julian; Dolgert, Andrew J. (2020-10-17). "Fertility, mortality, migration, and population scenarios for 195 countries and territories from 2017 to 2100: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study". The Lancet. 396 (10258): 1285–1306. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30677-2. ISSN 0140-6736. PMC 7561721. PMID 32679112.
Gerland, P.; Raftery, A. E.; Ev Ikova, H.; Li, N.; Gu, D.; Spoorenberg, T.; Alkema, L.; Fosdick, B. K.; Chunn, J.; Lalic, N.; Bay, G.; Buettner, T.; Heilig, G. K.; Wilmoth, J. (September 14, 2014). "World population stabilization unlikely this century". Science. 346 (6206). AAAS: 234–7. Bibcode:2014Sci...346..234G. doi:10.1126/science.1257469. ISSN 1095-9203. PMC 4230924. PMID 25301627.
Kolk, M.; Cownden, D.; Enquist, M. (29 January 2014). "Correlations in fertility across generations: can low fertility persist?". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281 (1779): 20132561. doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.2561. PMC 3924067. PMID 24478294.
Burger, Oskar; DeLong, John P. (28 March 2016). "What if fertility decline is not permanent? The need for an evolutionarily informed approach to understanding low fertility". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 371 (1692): 20150157. doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0157. PMC 4822437. PMID 27022084.
Vollset, Stein Emil; Goren, Emily; Yuan, Chun-Wei (July 14, 2020). "Fertility, mortality, migration, and population scenarios for 195 countries and territories from 2017 to 2100: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study". Lancet. 396 (10258): 1285–1306. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30677-2. PMC 7561721. PMID 32679112.

oup.com

academic.oup.com

McClendon, David (Autumn 2013). "Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth? Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century, by ERIC KAUFMANN". Sociology of Religion. 74 (3): 417–9. doi:10.1093/socrel/srt026.

ourworldindata.org

"Population by age group". Our World in Data. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
Roser, Max (2013-05-09). "Future Population Growth". Our World in Data.
Roser, Max; Ritchie, Hannah (March 18, 2023). "Two centuries of rapid global population growth will come to an end". Our World in Data.
Ritchie, Hannah; Rodés-Guirao, Lucas; Roser, Max (12 July 2024). "Peak global population and other key findings from the 2024 UN World Population Prospects". Our World in Data.
"Peak global population and other key findings from the 2024 UN World Population Prospects". Our World in data. 2024.
"Projected world population by level of education". Our World In Data. 2016.

pewresearch.org

Cilluffo, Anthony; Ruiz, Neil (June 17, 2019). "World's Population is Projected to Nearly Stop Growing by the end of the Century". Pew Research Center.

prb.org

assets.prb.org

Kaneda, Toshiko (June 2014). "Understanding Population Projections: Assumptions Behind the Numbers" (PDF). Population Reference Bureau.

prb.org

Kaneda, Toshiko; Falk, Marissa; Patierno, Kaitlyn (March 27, 2021). "Understanding and Comparing Population Projections in Sub-Saharan Africa". Population Reference Bureau.

semanticscholar.org

api.semanticscholar.org

Daly, Martin; Wilson, Margo I (26 June 1998). "Human evolutionary psychology and animal behaviour" (PDF). Animal Behaviour. 57 (3). Department of Psychology, McMaster University: 509–519. doi:10.1006/anbe.1998.1027. PMID 10196040. S2CID 4007382. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
Newmark, PA; Sánchez Alvarado, A (2002). "Not your father's planarian: a classic model enters the era of functional genomics". Nat Rev Genet. 3 (3): 210–219. doi:10.1038/nrg759. PMID 11972158. S2CID 28379017.
Martínez, DE (1998). "Mortality patterns suggest lack of senescence in hydra". Exp Gerontol. 33 (3): 217–225. doi:10.1016/S0531-5565(97)00113-7. PMID 9615920. S2CID 2009972. In an essay within the 2004 U.N. report, Tim Dyson said: "A rapid increase in life expectancy, which would raise the population pyramids, seems within reach, since it responds to an old and powerful demand for longevity."
Jason Collins (January 2019). "The heritability of fertility makes world population stabilization unlikely in the foreseeable future". Evolution and Human Behavior. 40 (1): 105–111. Bibcode:2019EHumB..40..105C. doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.09.001. S2CID 149854505.
Hoornweg, Daniel; Pope, Kevin (September 24, 2016). "Population predictions for the world's largest cities in the 21st century". Environment and Urbanization. 29 (1): 195–216. doi:10.1177/0956247816663557. ISSN 0956-2478. S2CID 157602234.

umich.edu

deepblue.lib.umich.edu

Clarke, Alice L.; Low, Bobbi S. (2001). "Testing evolutionary hypotheses with demographic data" (PDF). Population and Development Review. 27 (4): 633–660. doi:10.1111/j.1728-4457.2001.00633.x. hdl:2027.42/74296.

un.org

population.un.org

"World Population Prospects, Standard Projections, Archive, 2022 Revision, Compact File, Estimates tab, Total Population as of 1 January (thousands) column". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. 2022.
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washington.edu

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Daly, Martin; Wilson, Margo I (26 June 1998). "Human evolutionary psychology and animal behaviour" (PDF). Animal Behaviour. 57 (3). Department of Psychology, McMaster University: 509–519. doi:10.1006/anbe.1998.1027. PMID 10196040. S2CID 4007382. Retrieved 14 November 2018.

web.archive.org

"Shall the religious inherit the earth?". Mercator Net. April 6, 2010. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2020.

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Vollset, Stein Emil; Goren, Emily; Yuan, Chun-Wei; Cao, Jackie; Smith, Amanda E.; Hsiao, Thomas; Bisignano, Catherine; Azhar, Gulrez S.; Castro, Emma; Chalek, Julian; Dolgert, Andrew J. (2020-10-17). "Fertility, mortality, migration, and population scenarios for 195 countries and territories from 2017 to 2100: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study". The Lancet. 396 (10258): 1285–1306. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30677-2. ISSN 0140-6736. PMC 7561721. PMID 32679112.
Gerland, P.; Raftery, A. E.; Ev Ikova, H.; Li, N.; Gu, D.; Spoorenberg, T.; Alkema, L.; Fosdick, B. K.; Chunn, J.; Lalic, N.; Bay, G.; Buettner, T.; Heilig, G. K.; Wilmoth, J. (September 14, 2014). "World population stabilization unlikely this century". Science. 346 (6206). AAAS: 234–7. Bibcode:2014Sci...346..234G. doi:10.1126/science.1257469. ISSN 1095-9203. PMC 4230924. PMID 25301627.
Hoornweg, Daniel; Pope, Kevin (September 24, 2016). "Population predictions for the world's largest cities in the 21st century". Environment and Urbanization. 29 (1): 195–216. doi:10.1177/0956247816663557. ISSN 0956-2478. S2CID 157602234.