Successful family planning programs have led to many positive developments. Women's literacy rates have gone up and they are now given a much greater role in the society of many countries. This has increased their knowledge of their reproduction cycles and bodies. As a result, as many as 75 countries from all regions of the world now have achieved replacement level fertility rates of 2.1 children per woman or less.
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ESCALATOR 13
Dear Citizen of Earth
The human population of Earth reached 1 billion in 1804, 2 billion in 1927, 3 billion in 1959, 4 billion in 1974 and 5 billion in late 1986. On October 12th 1999, the human population of Earth reached 6 billion. The population has more than doubled in the last 50 years. This doubling of population which occured over the last 50 years will never come close to happening again.