Right now there are about 7.6 billion people on this blue globe and in 2050 it is projected there will be around 10 billion!
Interesting parts:
- Biggest growth will be in Africa
- Africa will go from a population of 1.25 billion now to 2.52 billion in 2050 (!)
- European population will shrink overall
- Largest decrease in population will take place in Eastern-European countries (Bulgaria, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Moldova, Romania, Serbia and the Ukraine.) with -15%.
https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Publicat...eyFindings.pdf
It is expected that the population boom in Africa, in combination with the rising temperatures in the continent, will further drive mass immigration to the European continent.