UN report: World population to peak in mid-2080s

The latest UN report predicts that the world’s population will reach its peak in the mid-2080s, growing from 8.2 billion in 2024 to around 10.3 billion by the mid-2080s, and then decreasing to around 10.2 billion by the end of the century.

According to Navid Hanif, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development at UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), “the world’s population in 2100 is now expected to be six…