There is no need to fear that our planet will be overcrowded, the world's population will decrease significantly at the end of the 21st century, and this will change the world order.
This was stated in an analysis published in the German newspaper Die Zeit.
According to a study by Theo Zommer of the University of Washington in Seattle, USA, by 2100, 23 countries will lose half of their population. Among them are Ukraine, Japan, China and Spain.
According to new forecasts of scientists, the world's population growth rate has slowed down and from 2064 the number of people will begin to decline.
In 40 years, the world's population will reach 9.73 billion and will decline to 8.79 billion by the end of the century.