Population dynamics: a century of growth, a future of decline
Throughout the 3,00,000 years of human existence on earth, demographers estimate that approximately 108 billion people have lived so far. Remarkably, until 1804, the global population never exceeded 1 billion at any given time. However, this began to change with the advent of industrialisation and improved living conditions. Today, at 8.2 billion (that’s 7% of…