Discuss about the history of world population

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Assignment:

Go to the Musse de l'Homme (Paris, France) website at, click on ALL ABOUT POPULATION, then POPULATION GAMES and then WORLD POPULATION. Then click on the video for history and future of the world population to learn about the history of world population. (If this fails in one browser find another). Use the information provided in the videos to answer the following questions.

a). In a short but coherent paragraph, describe how fast the world population is growing now (report the percentage growth rate per year) and how large it is expected to be in 2080, 2145, 2210, 2275, 2340, and 2405 if it continues to grow at the same rate.

b). Despite the projected numbers indicated in your answer to a), you will see once you complete the video that the United Nations thinks it is likely that world population will level off at around 11 billion by the end of this century. Please explain why the United Nations takes this position.

c). Do you agree or disagree with the UN's belief that world population will level of at 11 billion? Why or why not?

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