Global population is expected to increase by 2.6 billion people, to 9.1 billion in 2050, - the equivalent of adding China and India's population today - the United Nations said Thursday. The increase is equal to the population of the world in 1950. The hike is expected mainly in developing countries.
Hania Zlotnik, director of the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affair, told reporters at U.N. World Headquarters in New York that "the world population is going to stabilize at about 9 billion.
Zlotnik said about 9 billion was "the magic number."
"It is going to be a strain on the world. But it seems feasible. It doesn't seem that there's a crisis coming."
However, Zlotnik added, "If we reduce mortality and maintain essentially the same fertility (rate as at present) for 300 years we get trillions of people. We know that that cannot happen."
The figures she cited were from the 2004 Revision of the official U.N. population estimates and projections, released Thursday. The report provided demographic information and population figures for the coming assessment of progress made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
By July 2005, the world was expected to have 6.5 billion inhabitants, 380 million more than in 2000 or a gain of 76 million annually, the report said.
Despite the lower fertility levels projected, by 2050 the world population was expected to reach 9.1 billion according to the medium variant and would still be adding 34 million persons annually by mid-century.
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