We just passed the Eight BILLION population milestone! How is it possible, and will the human population ever stop growing? Let's investigate! Please subscribe to continue learning what makes life AWESOME: https://BioBush.tv/subscribe

The United Nations announced that the world population surpassed eight billion on November 15, 2022! This "Day of Eight Billion" is the latest in a series of population milestones.

The world population exceeded 1 billion for the first time in 1804.
2 billion in 1927
3 billion in 1960
4 billion in 1974
5 billion in 1987
6 billion in 1999
7 billion in 2011
and now 8 billion in 2022.

Three factors which enabled this rise in population were 1) decline in child mortality, 2) extension of adult lifespans, and 3) a consistent growth in agricultural efficiency which has exceeded the rate if population growth.

From here it's predicted that the human population will stabilize at around 10.4 billion people (still an extra 2.4 billion to go!). From there, it may start to decline slightly.

It's an interesting time to consider how we might make space for other species as our population continues to grow.

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