Global Scans · Population · Weekly Summary

WHAT'S NEXT?: The global population is expected to reach 8.5 billion in 2030, up 1 billion from 2016. Western economies are declining in numbers and emerging economies witnessing burgeoning growth.

• [New] By 2030, more than 8% of the world's population (approximately 670 million people) will confront the issue of hunger. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] The biometrics-submitting population will grow by 1.12 million due to the removal of age restrictions and the expansion of routine collection across a broader span of forms. Federal Register
• [New] About 1.12 million more biometrics submissions will be collected annually, and the resulting biometrics-submitting population will increase from a current baseline of 2.07 million to 3.19 million. Federal Register
• [New] Population growth is expected to modestly ease further in Australia, where it has already reduced monthly labour replacement needs. Australia II
• [New] In terms of the developer population, firms like IDC expect it to jump from 30 million paid developers in 2024 to 50 million by 2029 - that's a 10% annual growth rate. Morgan Stanley
• [New] The world's population of individuals aged 60 and over is projected to double by 2050, reaching an estimated 2.1 billion people. AstuteAnalytica India Pvt. Ltd.
• [New] More than half of the world's population struggles to access healthy diets, and that shifting diets could prevent up to 15 million premature deaths per year. Cornell Chronicle
• [New] Population declines have been reported in central Europe for animals with high-collision risk such as the noctule bat, while nearly 50% of bird species evaluated in one study in California were said to be subject to turbine-induced population decline. Clintel
• [New] Possible population collapse has been predicted for cinereous and griffon vultures in Europe and the Eurasian skylark in Portugal. Clintel
• [New] By 2040, the prevalence of hypertension worldwide is expected to be higher in the male population than in female. PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] China's working-age population will crash by 2050, losing more than 211 million workers. NPR
• [New] The global population of people age 80 or older will triple between 2020 and 2050. NPR
• [New] A rapidly ageing and gradually shrinking population in the world's wealthiest countries could force sweeping changes in people's lives, causing many to work longer before retirement, making it harder for business owners to find employees and destabilizing eldercare and health insurance programs. NPR
• [New] Globally, obesity affects over 1 billion people, and by 2035, it is expected that more than half the world's population will be classified as overweight or living with obesity. Gulf News: Latest UAE news, Dubai news, Business, trave
• UNITED NATIONS, New York - The current world population of 7.2 billion is projected to increase by 1 billion over the next 12 years and reach 9.6 billion by 2050. United Nations Population Fund
• By 2050, the global population aged 60 and above will double to 2.1 billion, with the longevity economy projected to reach $8 trillion by 2030. Aranca
• Climate change accounted for 1.43 million of the estimated increase between 2019 and 2040, while population growth accounted for the remainder. PubMed Central (PMC)
• For the male population, Croatia is estimated to have the highest prevalence of hypertension by 2040. PubMed Central (PMC)
• The female population in the Netherlands is expected to experience the largest decline by 2040 which corroborates with a report by the World Health Organisation, where a substantial reduction in hypertension prevalence began in the year 2000 with a further decline by 2025. PubMed Central (PMC)

Last updated: 06 November 2025