The projection of the World population from 1995 to 2100 is made up of 2 assumptions. First, the U. S. Census Bureau (1996) has made projections to the year 2050. These assumptions rely on the prediction that the net growth rate of population world-wide will drop from over 1.4%/y now to ~ 0.5%/y in 2050. The next assumption is that the world wide population growth rate (net of the births minus deaths) will fall linearly to zero from 2050 to 2100.
