Statistics

"And he gave it for his opinion that whoever could make two ears of corn or two
blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would
deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country than the
whole race of politicians put together." (Jonathon Swift, Gulliver’s Travels, 1726)

Barring nuclear wars, pandemics and cosmic accidents, there will be about 9.3 billion
people living in the world of 2050 ‐ but they will eat as much food as 13 billion people at
today’s nutritional levels.

By 2050, 7 billion out of 9 billion people will face chronic‐to‐critical water shortages.
(IWMI)