20 years ago we were 6bn humans, today we are very close to 8bn and in a little more than 20 years ahead we are 10bn.
It's an alarming growth rate, and considering how much each person use resources and produce waste during their lifetime, I'd say we are looking at quite a bit more extinct species in the future.
The human population is expected to flatten out at around 10-11 billion in 2050 or so, and then decrease. Bringing people out of poverty decreases the amount of children they tend to have without having to go to any extreme measures.
20 years ago we were 6bn humans, today we are very close to 8bn and in a little more than 20 years ahead we are 10bn.
It's an alarming growth rate, and considering how much each person use resources and produce waste during their lifetime, I'd say we are looking at quite a bit more extinct species in the future.