Demographics

• [New] The total number of electronic sensor devices needed to monitor, activate, or connect things of all types to the Internet is expected to soon surpass 1 trillion and reach an almost unfathomable 50 trillion within the next 30 years.
• [New] HHS will optimize data collection from public and private entities to increase the availability of data by race, ethnicity, geography, disability, and other demographic variables, as feasible.
• [New] WHO and leaders in many developing countries have repeatedly expressed concerns that poorer places could be the last to get COVID-19 vaccines, while noting that leaving vast swaths of the global population unvaccinated puts everyone at risk.
• [New] Some of the world's richest nations have pre-ordered enough to protect their populations several times over, while some people in low-income countries might have to wait until 2023 or 2024 for vaccination.
• [New] As companies all over the world adapt to changes associated with different work environments, developer population growth is expected to increase in the coming years, with population growth recovering its pre-pandemic dynamism by as early as 2021.
• [New] If low-income countries alone cannot access a COVID-19 vaccine, the world could still lose approximately $153 billion a year in GDP.
• [New] By the end of 2023 total 66% of global population which constitutes nearly two thirds of the world population will have access to internet.
• [New] There are over 226 million youth living in Africa today and in the next 30 years, 50% of the world's population growth will happen in Africa.
• [New] Despite some recent vaccine concerns, the United Kingdom, United States and Canada are predicted to have two-thirds of their population vaccinated by the middle of 2021.
• [New] At least 1.3 billion donor-funded doses will be made available to 92 middle - and lower-income countries that cannot fully afford to pay for COVID-19 vaccines, targeting up to 20% population coverage by the end of the year.
• [New] While the deployment of a COVID-19 vaccine across the U.S. population will underpin a recovery in the food service sector, widespread economic benefits are not expected until the second half of 2021.
• [New] The African continent has the fastest growing population in the world and its number of residents is expected to double between 2016 and 2050, to 2.5 billion.
• [New] By 2025, 2 billion people will experience water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world's population will experience some degree of water stress.
• [New] The world population is expected to rise by 2.3 billion people by 2050 and global income may triple, increasing demand for meat and other foods.
• [New] The Philippines has trailed regional peers in securing vaccines, with which it hopes in 2021 to inoculate 70 million people, or two-thirds of its population.
• [New] By 2050, the world population will reach 9.15 billion, and to meet the food demand, global agricultural production will need to increase by 60% compared to 2005-07 and by 77% in the developing countries.
• [New] Estimated at more than one million tonnes per day, MSW generation in urban Asia is only expected to increase in the coming years.
• [New] By 2100, Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, will have a population of one billion, and half the world's population growth will be in Africa by then.
• [New] By 2030, the number of megacities with more than 10 million inhabitants could be 41, consuming 81% of the world's resources, while by 2050, the urban population will reach 60% of the global one and demand of primary energy could rise to around 1.72×105 TWh.
• [New] The world risks a moral catastrophe if COVID-19 vaccinations are delayed in Africa while wealthier regions inoculate their entire populations.
• With the world's population predicted to reach approximately 9.1 billion by 2050 - translating to +70% food availability - sustainable packaging can make a difference, helping mitigate impact while ensuring access to safe food.

Last updated: 24 January 2021