Which of the Following Statements Is Not True About the Population

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is not true about the population?

• A) The world population will peak at over 11 billion people around the year 2100.
• B) For many thousands of years, population growth was gradual.
• C) Industrial production would have to quintuple over the next 40 years in order to maintain the same living standard that people have now, given expected population growth.
• D) Just 10,000 years ago, the earth was home to no more than 10 million humans, scattered in small settlements.

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