7 billion humans today -Happy Halloween

The UN estimates the human population will reach and exceed 7 billion today. “U.N. forecasts suggest the world population could hit a peak of 10.1 billion by 2100.” I imagine they’re going to need housing, so bonus for me. Here’s the Halloween scary part though, “it was just over two centuries ago that the global population was 1 billion — in 1804.” Back then, even this guy, Robert Malthus was concerned. Wonder what he’d think today? Happy Halloween indeed.

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