It said roughly 83 million people are added to the world’s population every year and the upward trend is expected to continue even with a continuing decline in fertility rates, which have fallen steadily since the 1960s.
Ilisema takriban watu milioni 83 huongezwa kwa idadi ya watu duniani kila mwaka na mwelekeo wa kupanda unatarajiwa kuendelea hata kwa kuendelea kupungua kwa viwango vya uzazi, ambavyo vimepungua kwa kasi tangu miaka ya 1960.