World Population, estimated, actual, and projected: 1800-2100
Some people look at the graph on the right and conclude that the population appears to still be in the midst of exploding, and there are wildly different projections for what the population will be in the near future. Some probably assume they left off another curve that keeps rising even faster.
Is that what you see? Is that what this graph really shows? It is a nice graph, for what it shows, but it doesn’t really show a lot, and it is interesting to find out how others have interpreted it. Read the rest of this entry »
Global Consensus 