Answer to Dictation 1
The world has reached a somewhat worrying demographic milestone.
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Answer to Dictation 2
The bureau estimated that the global population exceeded eight billion.
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Answer to Dictation 3
It declared that the world population would continue to grow at a steady rate.
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Answer to Dictation 4
The number of Earth's inhabitants had doubled between 1960 and 2000.
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Answer to Dictation 5
The rate of growth is slowing as birth rates are falling in many nations.
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Answer to Dictation 6
It forecast that the population would reach 10.2 billion in 2060.
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Answer to Dictation 7
Population is projected to keep growing despite declining fertility rates.
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Answer to Dictation 8
We estimate the number of infants already peaked in 2017.
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Answer to Dictation 9
Population growth in the future will come from larger groups of people.
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Answer to Dictation 10
Reside in countries where fertility is around or below the replacement level.
See the world population lesson for the whole text.
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