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mikeash on April 26, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Magnasanti: Large and Terrifying SimCity (2010)

That estimate is no longer current. The latest estimates has the world population going well past 10 billion, driven by growth in Africa: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/news/population/2015-r...

dzhiurgis on April 26, 2018 [–]

Sorry, got it wrong! According to Kurzgesagt video [0], the UN forecasts ceiling of 12b.

0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBT5EQt348

mikeash on April 26, 2018 | [–]

Your number used to be the estimate, it’s just that things have changed. It’s easy to miss when this sort of thing changes.

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