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UN: world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and could peak at nearly 11 billion around 2100

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The resulting changes in the size, composition and distribution of the world’s population have important consequences for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the globally agreed targets for improving economic prosperity and social well-being while protecting the environment. The global fertility rate, which fell from 3.2

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Six years later, he established Microsoft Research Asia , the company’s largest basic and applied computer-research institute outside the United States. In 2012, Zhang Yiming , a Microsoft Research Asia alum , founded the video-sharing platform’s parent company, ByteDance , which today is one of the world’s most successful AI companies.

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