Demographics

• [New] 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.
• [New] With nearly two-thirds of the world's population expected to face water shortages by 2025, water scarcity presents a growing risk for businesses and communities around the world.
• [New] As more than half of the world's population lives in cities today and expects to reach 80% by 2050, cities need to recognize that they are the key contributor to climate change.
• [New] Nigeria's current population of 206 million is forecast to rise continually through the rest of this century, and by 2100 the 790 million Nigerians would outnumber the population of China.
• [New] With the global population expected to grow by roughly two billion people by 2050, improving access to affordable and healthy food will be critical in reducing malnutrition and the associated health-care costs.
• [New] By 2024, at least half of the world's population is expected to use digital wallets for transactions that will be valued at more than $9 trillion annually.
• [New] By 2050 nearly half of the world population will live in water stressed regions, due to either arid conditions or lack of access to clean water.
• [New] During the next decades, global population and economic growth will continue to increase groundwater demand and accompanying groundwater depletion and, when exacerbated by droughts, will probably increase land subsidence occurrence and related damages or impacts.
• [New] The sinking of the ground's surface - or subsidence - will threaten nearly a fifth of the world's population come the year 2040, a study has warned.
• [New] Subsidence, or the gradual sinking of land, could affect 19% of the world's population by 2040.
• [New] Philippines, like most countries across the world, has faced significant economic and social disruption in 2020 brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Barring a political breakthrough, Lebanon's crisis is expected to deepen with the World Bank projecting over half of the population plunging into poverty in 2021.
• Nearly half the world's population, around 3.6 billion people, face water-scarcity for at least one month per year, and it is expected that over 5 billion people will suffer some water shortage by 2050.
• As the population of America ages, nursing homes will house more people than ever in the coming years.
• The economic value of South Asia's agribusiness is expected to reach US$ 1.5 trillion by 2030, which is about twice the current value.
• Over the coming decades, the agricultural food system will undergo an accelerated transformation to provide access to enough food for a growing world population.
• The total transaction value of digital payments is expected to reach nearly $4.8 trillion, and in fewer than five years, half the world's population will be armed with a digital wallet.
• By the end of 2022, Deutsche Bank expects sports betting to be legal in states that account for 45% of the US population.
• By 2100 Nigeria at 733 million people would be the third most populous country in the world after India and China.
• The aging population in the U.S. means that more Medicare patients will require spine care in the coming years, with the case mix continuing to shift away from commercial payers.
• Sao Tome and Principe has not escaped the COVID-19 related disruption experienced by most of the world in 2020.
• Namibia has not escaped the COVID-19 related disruption experienced by most of the world in 2020.

Last updated: 17 January 2021