The human core of the shared socioeconomic pathways: Population scenarios by age, sex and level of education for all countries to 2100

Highlights • We convert the general SSP storylines into demographic scenarios for 195 countries.• Human populations are cross-classified by age, gender and level of education.• Future fertility and hence population growth will depend on female education.• In the median assumptions scenario (SSP2) world population will peak around 2070.• By 2100 world population ranges from 6.9 (SSP1) to 12.6 billion (SSP3).

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