Age Quote by Hans Rosling

In the years to come, the combination of climate change and population growth could have a devastating effect on the planet and, needless to…

— Nathaniel Philbrick

Yes, population is a huge problem - birth rates are too high. And in order to take care of the environment, we have to…

— Paul Hawken

Along with issues like global warming, I think a problem with the world today is population decline.

— Talulah Riley

We think there is an ecological problem, but the real problem is irresponsible growth of human population.

— Jaggi Vasudev

When I was born, the world's population was 3.5 billion. There are now 6.8 billion people on the planet. By 2050, that's expected to…

— Anonymous

Human population growth is a problem in that most humans consume more than they need. The Earth's resources are now strained to sustain the…

— Sharon Gannon

When my parents were growing up the world's population was under three billion. During my children's lifetime, it is likely to exceed nine billion.…

— Tony Blair

In the West, that's what's happening. The birth rate has been dropping steadily and still is. But there is still a vast amount of…

— David Attenborough

Short of nuclear war itself, population growth is the gravest issue the world faces. If we do not act, the problem will be solved…

— Robert McNamara

The only acceptable way to solve ecological problems is if you can persuade people to have fewer children. In the Victorian times, there were…

— David Attenborough

I've always been opposed to population control. In climate terms, population is not the biggest problem going forward.

— Bill McKibben

“the rate of population growth observed from 1700 to 2012—0.8 percent per year—were to continue for the next three centuries, the world’s population would…

— Thomas Piketty