Growth Rate Slowing; Global Population in 2002 Tops 6.2 Billion, Reports Census Bureau
U.S. Newswire › March 22, 2004
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According to the report, Global Population Profile: 2002, the pace of global population growth peaked just over a decade ago. The increase of 74 million in 2002 is substantially below the annual high of 87 million people added in 1989-90. The rate of growth is well below the high of about 2.2 percent a year experienced 40 years ago.
Census Bureau projections show the slowdown continuing into the foreseeable future.See the full content of this document
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Growth Rate Slowing; Global Population in 2002 Tops 6.2 Billion, Reports Census Bureau
Some report highlights:
-- The slowdown in global population growth is linked primarily to declines in fe...See the full content of this document
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