聯合國最新人口預測
According to the latest population projection by the United Nations, the world’s population could reach eight billion by November this year.
根據聯合國最新的人口預測，到今年11月，世界人口可能達到80億。
projection(n.)預測;推測=estimate=forecast=prediction
The UN’s annual World Population Prospects report projected that a further 500 million humans could roam the Earth by 2030.
聯合國的年度《世界人口展望》報告預測，到了2030年，地球上可能會增加5億人。
project(v.)預計;推算=forecast=predict=estimateroam(v.)閒逛;漫步;漫遊
The world’s population would peak in the 2080s at 10.4 billion.
世界人口將在2080年代達到頂峰，達到104億人。
peak(n.)最高點;高峰(v.)達到頂峰;達到最大值reach a peak達到高峰
Surprisingly, the global population is growing at its slowest rate since 1950, having fallen to less than 1% in 2020.
令人驚訝的是，全球人口正以自1950年以來最慢的速率增長，2020年已降至不到1％。
at a...rate 按照～速率
Fertility has fallen sharply in some countries in the past decade, with two-thirds of the population currently living in countries where the fertility rate is below 2.1. In 2021, Taiwan, South Korea, and Hong Kong all posted alarming fertility rates below 1.0.
在過去十年中，一些國家的生育率急遽下降，目前三分之二的人口生活在生育率低於2.1的國家。2021年，台灣、韓國和香港的生育率均低於1.0，令人擔憂。
fertility(n.)生育、生殖、(動植物的)繁殖能力fertility rate生育率birth rate出生率sharply(adv.)急遽地=considerably=drasticallyalarm(n.)警報;警報器(v.)令某人擔心或害怕a fire alarm防火警報器alarming(adj.)使人驚恐的、引起恐慌的、令人擔憂的
The population of 61 countries is expected to decrease by 1% over the next three decades, the report warns, with not only low fertility rates to blame but also higher rates of emigration in some cases.
報告警告，未來30年，61個國家的人口預計將減少1％，這不僅是因為生育率低，而且在某些情況下移民率也會更高。
be expected to 預計、預期(be) to blame 該怪罪、負責emigration(n.)移民migration(n.)遷徙
China is expected to be toppled from its position as the world’s most populous country by India later next year. China currently has a population of 1.426 billion, with India right behind at 1.412 billion.
預計明年晚些時候，印度將取代中國成為世界上人口最多的國家。中國目前有14.26億人口，而印度以14.12億緊隨其後。
topple(v.)(使)倒下;(使)倒塌、推翻(首領);顛覆(政權)topple the dictatorship推翻獨裁政權populous(adj.)人口稠密的、人口眾多的
Population growth up until 2050 will be concentrated in eight countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, and the United Republic of Tanzania.
到2050年的人口增長將集中在八個國家：剛果民主共和國、埃及、衣索比亞、印度、奈及利亞、巴基斯坦、菲律賓和坦尚尼亞聯合共和國。
concentrated(adj.)濃縮的;集中的concentrated orange juice濃縮柳橙汁
There is concern that rapid growth in Sub-Saharan Africa may stifle efforts to eradicate poverty, hunger and malnutrition in the region.
人們擔心，撒哈拉以南非洲地區的快速人口成長可能會扼殺該地區消除貧困、飢餓和營養不良的努力。
stifle(v.)(使)窒息;(使)喘不上氣、壓抑、限制eradicate(v.)消滅、徹底消除、根除=get rid of=eliminatefamine(n.)飢荒malnutrition(n.)營養不良