Washington Post:
The world is expected to add another billion people within the next 15 years, bringing the total global population from 7.3 billion in mid-2015 to 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050, and 11.2 billion by 2100, according to new estimates from the UN.
Currently, 60 percent of the global population lives in Asia, 16 percent in Africa, 10 percent in Europe, 9 percent in Latin America and the Caribbean, and only 5 percent in North America and Oceania. China and India are the largest countries in the world, together making up almost 40 percent of the world population.
But those numbers won’t stay that way for long.
None of us will be around to see it but the trends are obviously happening now and will still impact the world in 25-50 years. Whether the impact will be positive or not remains to be seen.
2045 is the big one. If you’re around then, you may experience The Singularity.
Just as long as we don’t kill anyone named John Connor we should be okay.
Don’t count out your younger readers when you say “None of us will be around to see it.” I’ll be 111 2100. By comparison, 100 years ago in 1915, the average life expectancy for a male was 52.5 years, while today it is 76.5 years. I think I have a reasonable chance of living to 111 in 2100 :).
who knows what humans will look like in 20 years much less by 2100. For all we know we will be half robots and ‘living’ to be 200
This article is all about projected population increases. Of course, if climate change is not brought under control, those population increases are pretty much pure fantasy: population crashes are quite likely.
Are you saying those upgrades will be affordable for everyone?