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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Antony Thrower

World's population to peak at 8.5billion by 2040 - before falling drastically

Billions of people will disappear from the world’s population by the end of the century, according to one Doomsday scenario put forward by academics.

Analysis recently published shows the number of human beings will peak around 2040 at around 8.5billion.

But then over the next six decades the number will drastically fall as a result of the world’s poorest countries “breaking free of poverty”.

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