Global Population to Reach 6 Billion in ’99
The world’s population is expected to increase nearly everywhere on the globe next year--even in Africa, where AIDS is cutting life expectancies dramatically, according to U.N. figures. Even though fertility continues to decline as the 21st century approaches, the global population, which stood at 5.9 billion in mid-1998, is expected to reach 6 billion in 1999, the U.N. Population Division said. Last year, AIDS killed 2.3 million people worldwide, while 30 million were living with HIV, the virus that causes the disease.
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