Peak global population and other key findings from the 2024 UN World Population Prospects

“Although the global population is expected to increase for many more decades, the population growth rate is slowing rapidly.

This is driven by a dramatic reduction in fertility rates, which measure the average number of children per woman. The global fertility rate has more than halved since the 1960s, from over 5 children per woman to 2.3.”

Hannah Ritchie and Lucas Rodés-Guirao (2024) - “Peak global population and other key findings from the 2024 UN World Population Prospects” Published online at OurWorldInData.org. Retrieved from: ‘https://ourworldindata.org/un-population-2024-revision’ [Online Resource]

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