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Article: World population will level off at 9 billion, U.N. says
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- December 9, 2003
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The United Nations' estimates for world population are half a
billion people lower for 2050 than they were just two years ago, a
result of women having fewer children and the worldwide toll of AIDS,
a report says.
U.N. estimates for 2050 are down from 9.4 billion to 8.9 billion.
Eventually, the world's population is expected to stabilize at 9
billion by 2300. The long-range report, done every five to seven
years, marks the first time the U.N. population division has issued
projections as far out as the year 2300 -- 150 years further than the
agency has ventured estimates before.
"The bright news is that people are choosing small families, so
we're likely to stabilize well below 10 billion, ...