Syed Munir Khasru is chairman of IPAG Asia Pacific, a Melbourne-based think tank.
World Population Day on July 11 comes at a time when humanity is at the brink of an extraordinary demographic transformation. The global population, currently around 7.6 billion, is projected by the United Nations to surge to 9.8 billion by 2050 and 11.2 billion by 2100. This unprecedented demographic shift raises a pressing question: Is our world prepared to accommodate 10 billion inhabitants?
