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Total World population will begin stagnating around the late 2040s after relatively weak growth throughout the next 20 years, with most of that growth coming out of Africa and South-East Asia

Created by OferBaratz on 2015-04-22; known on 2015-01-01; judged wrong by timujin on 2015-04-27.

  • OferBaratz estimated 99% on 2015-04-22
  • timujin estimated 15% and said “That’s a VERY specific prediction, are you sure you realise how overconfident 99% is? Even just one of those ending up wrong (say, stagnation not starting until 2050) would sabotage your preditcion.on 2015-04-23
  • kuudes said “The date of judgement is wrong here.on 2015-04-23
  • JoshuaZ estimated 35% on 2015-04-23
  • OferBaratz said “I got the date wrong, but I do believe that by 2040 the odds of total population stagnation are near certainity. see: http://esa.un.org/unpd/ppp/Figures-Output/Population/PPP_Total-Population.htmon 2015-04-23
  • JoshuaZ said “Ofer, you can go and edit the end edit date if you click the “edit” button. on 2015-04-23
  • timujin said “Please edit the date, predictionbook keeps telling me I have a prediction due.on 2015-04-23
  • timujin said “Please, edit the date.on 2015-04-26
  • timujin   judged this prediction wrong on 2015-04-27.