8 Billion People: A Milestone by the Numbers
As Earth's population reaches the eight-billion milestone, we put it into context.
As Earth's population reaches the eight-billion milestone, we put it into context.
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(2004) The starkly uneven pace of population growth between most developing and industrialized nations represents the world's major demographic fault line. The Population Reference Bureau's just-released 2004 World Population Data Sheet demonstrates that nearly 99 percent of all population increase takes place in poor countries, while population size is static or declining in the rich nations.
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Women spend more time as caregivers than men, and childless adults provide more support to their parents than those with children, studies on Europe show