Human overpopulation

The world's population is expected to reach nearly 7.6 billion by the beginning of 2018, the German Foundation for the World Population said. In the last year the world population has increased by 83 million, BNR reported.

 The number of abortions in Bulgaria almost equals the number of births.   These figures were presented by former Social Minister Hristina Hristova.

The coefficient of fertility in our country is 1.5 and in Europe is 1.53. This is due to the longer process of preparation, education, financial independence.

As of 31 December 2016 the population of Bulgaria is 7 101 859 people.

The number of blind people across the world is set to triple within the next four decades, researchers suggest, reported BBC.

Writing in Lancet Global Health, they predict cases will rise from 36 million to 115 million by 2050, if treatment is not improved by better funding.

A growing ageing population is behind the rising numbers.

Since the start of 2017 the humanity used more natural resources than the planet is able to reproduce and deliver for a year, this means that as of August 2th the planet starts to exist on ecological credit warns the international WWF. Reports Mediapool.

The UN's Population Division has released projections that say several Balkans states can expect worrying declines in their populations over the next few decades.

Turkey's fertility rate hit the replacement level of the population in 2016, at 2.1 children, according to 2016 birth statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) on May 18. 

Serbia may have a shortage of 80,000 to 100,000 workers after 2040, with fewer people of working age and due to emigration and reduced population growth.

Economist Ivan Nikolic said this during the presentation of the latest issue of the Macroeconomic Analysis and Trends (MAT) publication, Beta is reporting.

Figures published by Eurostat are particularly discouraging for birth rates in Greece. According to the data, Greek women are bearing fewer children at a later stage in their lives, compared to the EU average. The numbers revealed that births had dropped in Greece by 10.2% between 2001-2015, when the respective numbers over the same period were up in the EU.

As soon as China abandoned its one-child policy a year ago, the country experienced a baby boom with around one million extra babies expected.
 
Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission Deputy Director Wang Pei'an said China was undergoing a minor baby boom, with almost one million more newborns expected this year, according to official media reports.