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Global population to peak within this century as birth rates fall, United Nations report says
Huge crowd on a Saturday afternoon in Taksim, Beyoglu District of Istanbul. Ayhan Altun | Moment | Getty Images The world population is on course to peak earlier than expected this century as some of the world's largest countries face declining birth …