Tuesday, October 18, 2011

World population 7 billion

MSNBC has a good article with an interactive graphic on world population trends.  The graphic provides population data from 1950 with predicted population levels in 2050 for the major areas of the world.  Unfortunately the increase in population is predicted to occur in areas without adequate carrying capacity such as Pakistan and Africa.  The population trend data focuses the problem on sustainable agriculture noted in an earlier post.

Commuter train in Mumbai India -  photo by Rafiq Maqbool / AP

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