World population likely to hit 11B by 2100

washington.edu

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Unless growth slows down for lack of natural resources.

Interesting you should mention that -- I have been working on that topic:

Interesting. Most people claim both that we will run out of natural resources and that population will grow indefinitely, which is impossible. Cool paper

> Most people claim both that we will run out of natural resources and that population will grow indefinitely, which is impossible.

Yes, or in any case, self-contradicting.

> Cool paper

Thanks!

I have recently created a mathematical treatment of this topic, one that takes non-renewable resources into account:

http://arachnoid.com/peak_people

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