Researchers predict that world population will peak in 2080, with more than 10.13 billion people on Earth, after which the population will begin to decline.
New human population projections released this month An updated version of the interactive dataset by the Austrian research institute International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the Wittgenstein Center for Demography and Global Human Capital.
Previous predictions by research groups predicted that the world’s population would peak at 9.7 billion in 2070. However, according to IIASA, the latest data set shows that countries with high birth rates have lower death rates and population peaks are coming later and higher, as fertility declines are slower than expected. has been done.
Wittgenstein Center Human Capital Data Explorer Users can search population projections by country, age, gender, and education level.
The dataset shows that after peaking at 10.13 billion in 2080, the population will decline to 9.88 billion by 2100.
Researchers point out that over 60% of the population will receive upper secondary education in the next 30 years.
According to an IIASA news release, “The projected population will be much better educated on average than today, as younger generations are better educated than older populations virtually everywhere.” thing.
US population growth rate slows
The Wittgenstein Center projects that the U.S. population will exceed 404 million people by 2080.
Population growth in the United States is expected to slow over the next 30 years as birth rates and the number of people over 65 outpace growth in younger age groups. US Congressional Budget Office.
The U.S. population currently stands at 342 million in 2024 and is expected to grow to 383 million over the next 30 years, according to the agency’s projections.
