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The Prospects for a Stationary World Population

The human population is now about 3.6 billion. An extrapolation of present world demographic trends that lies between two extreme projections shows it leveling off at some 8.4 billion by the year 2100

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 228 Issue 3This article was originally published with the title “The Prospects for a Stationary World Population” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 228 No. 3 (), p. 15
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0373-15