Worldwide Conferences on World Population
Rome 1954
Annual population
growth 50 million
Belgrade 1965
Annual population
growth 65 million
Decisions =
None
Bucharest 1974
Annual population
growth 75 million
Decision =
Have another conference
Cairo 1994
Annual population
growth 85 million
Decision =
Build towards conference
in 1994
Decision =
Adopt a new programme of action
to last 20 years
UN 2014
Annual population
growth 80 million
Decision =
Call for greater global efforts to
implement goals of 1994
UN 1999
Annual population
growth 77 million
Decision =
Appraise progress.
Population Projections:
Annual growth
2050 = 45m
2100 = 10m
Total population
2050 = 10bn
2100 = 11bn
Going well, isn’t it?
Time for another conference?
That should do it.