世界人口大爆炸：預計本月末達到70億

The world's Population is set to reach seven billion by the end of the month.
本月末，世界人口將達到70億。

The United Nations Population Fund is predicting that the milestone will be hit on October 31.
聯合國人口基金會預測，10月31號世界人口將掀開新的一頁。

It also expects the world population to reach eight billion by 2025 and 10 billion by 2083.
同時預測，2025年將攀升至80億，2083年將突破100億。

Population Council vice-president John Bongaarts said the population surge is having a devastating impact on the environment.
世界人口理事會副主席約翰·邦格特稱人口激增會對環境造成滅頂之災。

"Rapid population growth is leading to fresh-water shortages and ground-water depletion, particularly in densely populated countries in the developing world," Mr Bongaarts said in a podcast for Woodrow Wilson Centre's New Security Beat blog.
伍德羅·威爾遜中心新安全比特博客裏一個播客上，邦格特先生說：“人口驟增將導致淡水短缺及地下水的耗竭，人口密度較大的發展中國家該情形會尤爲明顯。"

Steadily increasing population also contributes to pollution of both local and global environments."
而且穩步增長的人口也會導致局部乃至全球的環境污染。

The poorest regions of the world are set to be worst hit.
越是貧窮的地區，污染越會嚴重。

"Countries with limited natural resources and extremely rapid population growth, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa, will fare the worst," Mr Bongaarts said.
“自然資源稀缺而人口銳增的地方境況將最爲糟糕，而這些地方絕大部分是撒哈拉以南的非洲地區。”邦格特先生說。

"And despite the Aids epidemic, sub-Saharan Africa is expected to add more than a billion to its current population in the next half century."
儘管艾滋病盛行，半個世紀後，撒哈拉南部的非洲地區也將增加10億以上的人口。