The Population of the World (2013)
Abstract
Every other year, Population and Societies publishes a special issue called The population of the world, presenting an overall picture of the situation across the globe. There are slightly more than 7 billion humans on the planet in 2013. The world population has risen seven-fold over the last two hundred years and is expected to reach 10 or 11 billion by the end of the twenty-first century.
- Issue:
- Demography, Urbanization and Migration
- Region:
- Global
- Year Published:
- 2013
- Author:
- Gilles Pison
- Institution:
- Institut National d'études Démographiques (INED) / French National Institute for Demographic Studies