Reconsidering the Limits to World Population: Meta-analysis and Meta-prediction
Author(s)
Van den Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M.; Rietveld, Piet
Abstract
The authors have performed a meta-analysis on the basis of 69 past studies that have assessed a limit to the world population and have used the findings to propose a number of meta-estimates of limits to world population. An important conclusion of this study is that recent predictions of stabilized world population levels for 2050 exceed several of our meta-estimates of a world population limit.