The United Nations: The world's population will reach 8 billion, India will exceed China next year

According to Agence France -Presse, the United Nations predicted in a report on the 11th that the world population is expected to reach 8 billion on November 15. The report states that India will surpass China in 2023 and become the world's most populous country.

The United Nations Secretary -General Antonio Gutres said, "The milestone of this overall population reminds us that we have common responsibilities to pay attention to the earth that humans depend on survival."

On May 8, 2022, the Mumbai crowd in India was crowded in a beach. Picture source: Associated Press

The prediction of the Ministry of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations states that the world's population is growing at the slowest speed since 1950.

The report pointed out that the world's population has increased to 100 billion years. After about 200 years, the population has increased seven times. In 2011, the global population exceeded the 7 billion mark, nearly 7.9 billion in 2021, 8.5 billion in 2030, and 9.7 billion in 2050. The peak will appear in the 1980s, reaching about 10.4 billion, and then stabilized at this level until 2100.

According to the report, although the birth rate of some developing countries has declined, it is expected that more than half of the world's population growth in the next decades will be concentrated in 8 countries: the Congo Democratic Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and the Philippines and the Philippines and the Philippines and the Philippines Tanzania.

The report also mentioned that the fertility rate and expectations have changed dramatically. In the early 1970s, women had an average of 4.5 children per person; by 2015, the total fertility rate of the world had dropped to less than 2.5 children per woman. At the same time, the global average life expectancy rose from 64.6 years in the early 1990s to 72.6 years in 2019.

Screenshot of Gutres social media

July 11, 2022 is the 33rd World Population Day. The United Nations Population Fund has determined the theme of this year as "the world of 8 billion people: moving towards a flexible future -seize opportunities to ensure that everyone has rights and choices" Essence

Gutres also posted on social media that day: "On the day of the World Population Day, let us pay attention to everyone, ensure that the world can support the needs of us and future generations, and no one is behind them."

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