The World - News from May 19, 1987
World population will surpass 5 billion sometime this summer and will grow by 3 billion in the next 35 years, bringing increased hunger and malnutrition, a report by the U.N. Fund for Population Activities said. The report also said that world population likely will level off a century from now at 10 billion. In theory, there should be enough food--now and in the future--for everyone, but “there are in fact more hungry people today than ever before,” the report said.
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