Earth & Sky

Carl Haub on the direction of global population growth

Nairobi, Kenya. (Photo: rogiro)

Human population is expected to rise from 6.6 billion people today, to possibly nine billion — or more — by the middle of the 21st century.

Carl Haub is a demographer at the Population Reference Bureau in Washington, D.C. He spoke with Earth & Sky’s Dan Kulpinski on the hot spots of population growth, where growth is slowing, the shift from rural to urban life, and more.

Written by Jorge Salazar

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1 Comments for Carl Haub on the direction of global population growth

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   Dec 20, 02:14 PM #

   Steven Earl Salmony, Ph.D., M.P.A. says:

   We have a bit of new and apparently unforeseen good scientific evidence of human population dynamics that deserves careful and skillful examination. For anyone interested in such an endeavor, please go to the website, www.panearth.org.

   Thanks,

   Steve Salmony
   AWAREness Campaign on The Human Population
   http://sustainabilitysoutheast.org/