A 1960 study is cited regarding predictions of the end of the world in 2026
A 1960 scientific study predicted the world would end in 1960, though recent analysis of the data shows the world will not end today. The United Nations projects the global population will peak at just over 10 billion inhabitants around the mid-2080s.
- The world's population growth rate peaked at about 2.3 percent in 1963.
- The global birth rate is less than half the rate of 1960.
- The scientists calculated that world population growth would become near infinite.
- The United Nations estimates the Earth will have about 10.3 billion inhabitants around the mid-2080s.
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