PRB is a nonprofit, educational organization in Washington, D.C., specializing in demographic facts and information. As this article is being written, five days before Earth Day, the Envirolink World Population counter is running upwards from 5,834,628,000 at the rate of one person added to the world's population every half second. Barring an unusual occurrence, this count will accord with Haub's projected figures by April 22. Population growth has shown signs of slowing as more poor nations identify rapid population growth as an obstacle to raising living standards, but the outcome of the current population explosion is far from known. World population could stabilize in size sometime in the next century or it could simply continue growing.
Few issues have more consequences for the environment than the increase of population.
This is an issue that must be addressed. The EnviroLink Network unless noted otherwise.