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Article: World population in 2300 to be around nine billion, according to UN projections.
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- December 9, 2003
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M2 PRESSWIRE-9 December 2003-UN: World population in 2300 to be around nine billion, according to UN projections(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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NEW YORK, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs -- The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) of the United Nations today released its new projections of world population in the year 2300. These new long-range results are groundbreaking in two respects: they extend the time horizon to 2300 (previous long-range projections were to 2150) and they include country forecasts (previously, long-range projections were available by continent only). Such ...