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		beat on June 18, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Two centuries of rapid global population growth wi... As a point of comparison, the global population has almost quadrupled in the previous 80 years. So even in the worst case scenario, population growth is dropping spectacularly.

Retric on June 18, 2019 [–]

Absolutely, the trends seem very obvious. The global population is unlikely to double in the next 100 years.

I am mostly simply reacting to people trying to use specific estimates.

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