How Global Population Growth Is Slowing According to UN calculations , the world's population will cross the 10-billion mark in 2061 . However, as Statista's Katharina Buchholz reports , by the end of the century, this number will have started to decline slightly, having reached a high around 10.3 billion in 2084. Leading up to this reversal, the growth of the global populace has actually been slo...
How Global Population Growth Is Slowing According to UN calculations , the world's population will cross the 10-billion mark in 2061 . However, as Statista's Katharina Buchholz reports , by the end of the century, this number will have started to decline slightly, having reached a high around 10.3 billion in 2084. Leading up to this reversal, the growth of the global populace has actually been slowing down for decades, as seen in numbers by the UN Population Division. The organization celebrated World Population Day on Saturday. You will find more infographics at Statista While the above figures are according to the UN's medium scenario of moderate fertility, a case where global birth rates sink even more drastically would result in a reversal of population growth already around the early 2060s, at a high of just under 10 billion people on Earth. This would result in a world population around 9 billion again by the end of the century. Some academics believe that a global population decline at an even faster rate is possible. According to an widely cited article in medical journal The Lancet published in 2020, the world population is expected at 8.8 billion in 2100, comparable to the UN's low-fertility scenario . In case of rapid global development, the reseachers believe it could be as low as 6.3 billion by that time. The number of people in the world exceeded 8 billion for the first time on November 15, 2022 , according to UN calculations. This was more than three times as many as in 1950. The rapid growth of the past was due to the gradual increase in life expectancy as a result of improvements in healthcare, nutrition, personal hygiene and medicine. It was also the result of high and consistent birth rates in some countries, for example China and India. At present, the country adding most people to the world population is still India, while African countries like the Central African Republic, Chad and Somalia have the highest birth rates. By contrast, the list of...
Man looking at stock trading website at home Alistair Berg/DigitalVision via Getty Images The Invesco NASDAQ-100 ETF ( QQQM ) is a fund that I have a history with. I held it during the run-up in the 2021 tech bubble, selling before the 2022 crash. I did not buy back in, so I missed some subsequent gains. However, I made money elsewhere, so I'm not complaining. I've never covered QQQM directly; how...
Man looking at stock trading website at home Alistair Berg/DigitalVision via Getty Images The Invesco NASDAQ-100 ETF ( QQQM ) is a fund that I have a history with. I held it during the run-up in the 2021 tech bubble, selling before the 2022 crash. I did not buy back in, so I missed some subsequent gains. However, I made money elsewhere, so I'm not complaining. I've never covered QQQM directly; however, I've covered its sister fund, the Invesco QQQ Trust ( QQQ ), which is built on tracking the same portfolio, many times. My coverage started off bullish when I initiated it years ago but grew bearish as the price increased at historically unprecedented rates. Alas, my bearish turn (and my sale of QQQM) proved to be a little too early. However, I think that the signs that these funds are now overheated are undeniable, and that the AI growth story that's been driving the gains and the multiple expansion is beginning to show signs of reversing. In the ensuing paragraphs, I will explain why I think this way and why I think QQQM is a hold at the current levels. AI Growth Story: Signs of Possible Reversal A claim like one in the most previous paragraph-that "the AI growth story is slowing "down"-requires serious explanation, as most of the big AI companies put out blockbuster earnings in their most recent reports. Memory companies in particular have been putting out massive earnings, with Micron Technology, Inc.'s ( MU ) revenue up 346% in the most recent quarter, and NVIDIA Corporation ( NVDA ) continuing to do high double-digit growth . By all accounts, these companies are thriving. That doesn't necessarily mean that they will continue thriving forever, though. In fact, there are at least two major signs that this AI spending spree may be beginning to slow down. First, competition in the AI model development/token-selling space is intensifying. OpenAI is reportedly mulling cutting token prices to compete with Anthropic, while NVIDIA GPUs remain as expensive as ever. In the...
Nurses care for newborns in the nursery at CHA University Ilsan Medical Center in Goyang, South Korea, on March 26, 2026. Photo: VCG As World Population Day approaches, a startling demographic phenomenon demands our attention: South Korea, long infamous for having the world’s lowest fertility rate, is experiencing a baby boom. After bottoming out at a dismal 0.72 in 2023, the country’s total ferti...
Nurses care for newborns in the nursery at CHA University Ilsan Medical Center in Goyang, South Korea, on March 26, 2026. Photo: VCG As World Population Day approaches, a startling demographic phenomenon demands our attention: South Korea, long infamous for having the world’s lowest fertility rate, is experiencing a baby boom. After bottoming out at a dismal 0.72 in 2023, the country’s total fertility rate rebounded to 0.75 in 2024, reached 0.8 in 2025 and is projected to hit 0.9 in 2026. By April 2026, South Korean births had grown year over year for 22 consecutive months.