Our World in Data Browse by topic Latest Resources About Subscribe Donate Itâ s Giving Season . Help us do more with a . donation Gdoc Admin Two centuries of rapid global population growth will come to an end Global population has increased rapidly over the past century . This period of rapid growth is temporary : the world is entering a new equilibrium and rapid population growth is coming to an . end By : Max Roser and Hannah Ritchie March 18, 2023 Cite this article Reuse our work freely One of the big lessons from the demographic history of countries is that periods of rapid population growth are temporary . For many countries , the demographic transition has already ended , and as the global fertility rate has now halved we know that the world as a whole is approaching the end of