VIVAnews -at the end of 2007, the UN announced that the population of humans on planet Earth has reached a figure of around 6.7 billion people. From the figures of about 7 billion people in this year, the UNITED NATIONS predicts that world population will reach 10.1 billion.
According to the official UNITED NATIONS report entitled 2010 Revision of World Population Prospect, most of the surge in population donated by countries that its citizens was fond of giving birth. As such there are 39 countries in Africa, 9 in Asia, 6 in Oceania, and 4 in Latin America.
"Between 2011 and 2100, the average growth rate in the countries that will increase the fertile triples," call the UN report, as quoted DailyGalaxy, from May 6, 2011. "The number rose from 1.2 billion to 4.2 billion," call of the UNITED NATIONS.
In that same period, the rate of population growth in countries that the level of kesuburannya ' average ' only reached 2.6 percent, up from 2.8 billion to 3.5 billion.
However, the population in developed countries, low levels of fertility of its citizens were down 20 percent. The population has now reached 2.9 billion will be left at 2.4 billion by 2100.
In addition, the UN estimated that, globally, the level of life expectancy (life expectancy) human beings is also increasing. From the age of 68 years in 2005 to 2011, in the year 2095 and 2100, the average human life until the age of 81 years.
More detail, in countries with high fertility rate, life expectancy of its citizens reached 77 years.
In countries with high fertility, life expectancy reached 82. As for in countries with low fertility, in the year 2095-2100, humans there on average able to survive to the age of 86 years.
However, specifically on the report, the United Nations does not take into account the number of population or life expectancy a result of an increase in genetic technology, nanomedis, an increase in human intelligence and other factors or due to population reduction opportunities of various other risks such as war or outbreaks of communicable diseases. (eh)
Friday, May 6, 2011
UN: 2100, the number of Humans on Earth 10.1 billion
