Source: John Phipps, AGWEB, 9/4/20


The gold standard for population growth statistics, especially for the world, is the UN. And this is the chart that many of us have lodged in our minds as the most likely outcome. The line to watch is the red one in the middle – the median projection after thousands of computer model runs. While it has been revised minutely over the last few years, the numbers are essentially the same as when I first saw it years ago. It is the source of all those alarming articles about TEN BILLION PEOPLE that often appear in farm media...

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