Population challenges

Over the past 50 years, the world's population has grown significantly, and there have been significant changes in demographics. Soon, there will be over 8 billion people on Earth, and we are all getting older. Dealing with the increasing demands on healthcare and social care will be a difficult task. Over the last 50 years, we've seen huge growth in the world's population, and substantial demographic shifts too. Very soon, there will be over 8 billion of us living here, and we're all getting older. Coping with increasing demands on health and social care is going to be a challenge.