The world population increased by more than 71 million people in 2024 and will be 8.09 billion people on New Year’s Day

Summary

The world population will reach 8.09 billion on New Year’s Day 2025, growing by 71 million people (0.9%) in 2024, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates.

This marks a slight slowdown from 2023’s 75 million increase. Globally, 4.2 births and 2.0 deaths are expected every second in January 2025.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    151·
    3 months ago

    It would be hard to sustain this level of growth even if there wasn’t a tiny amount of individuals hoarding resources.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        3 months ago

        I mean…

        According to this theory, poverty and inequality will increase as the price of assets and scarce commodities goes up due to fierce competition for these dwindling resources. This increased level of poverty eventually causes depopulation by decreasing birth rates. If asset prices keep increasing, social unrest would occur, which would likely cause a major war, revolution, or a famine. Societal collapse is an extreme but possible outcome from this process. The theory posits that such a catastrophe would force the population to “correct” back to a lower, more easily sustainable level (quite rapidly, due to the potential severity and unpredictable results of the mitigating factors involved, as compared to the relatively slow time scales and well-understood processes governing unchecked growth or growth affected by preventive checks).

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malthusianism

        But it’s important to make the distinction between preventative and positive population control.

        One is stuff like birth control, the other would be the stuff that should be banned

        Lemmy.world did add that “harm no living thing” thing a while ago, but I don’t think they’re banning people for encouraging the use of condoms…

    • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      3 months ago

      Everyone’s hoarding resources. Some are just better at it and luckier than others. Compound interest is the most powerful force in the universe!

      Sustaining this level of growth forever wouldn’t work even if all resources were distributed fairly. Norman Borlaug bought us some time but that’s essentially a constant factor on linear production vs exponential growth. Exponential growth always wins.