As always happens whenever we approach such a milestone, this one has produced a spike in conferences, seminars, and learned articles, including the usual dire Malthusian predictions. After all, the UN forecasts that world population will rise to 9.3 billion in 2050 and surpass 10 billion by the end of this century.
新德里——根据联合国人口司的数据，10月31日，世界人口总量已经突破了70亿大关。与往常一样，这样一个里程碑成了众多会议、讨论会和研究论文的主题，其中就包括悲观的马尔萨斯预言。毕竟，据联合国预测，世界人口将在2050年达到93亿，在本世纪末超过100亿。