A baby born somewhere on Tuesday will be the world's eight billionth person, according to a projection by the United Nations.
"The milestone is an occasion to celebrate diversity and advancements while considering humanity's shared responsibility for the planet," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement.
"Some express concerns that our world is overpopulated," said United Nations Population Fund chief Natalia Kanem."I am here to say clearly that the sheer number of human lives is not a cause for fear." "We are stupid. We lacked foresight. We are greedy. We don't use the information we have. That's where the choices and the problems lie," said Cohen.
That could potentially fall further to around 0.5 percent by 2050 due to a continued decline in fertility rates, the United Nations projects. With agriculture came sedentarization and the ability to store food, which caused birth rates to soar.
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