The world's population is expected to reach 8 billion people around November 15, according to a forecast by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs released today, International Population Day.
According to the same source, India will overtake China
in 2023 to become the most populous country in the world.
"As we expect the birth of 8,000,000.As we await the birth of the 8,000,000th inhabitant of the Earth," the event should serve as a "reminder of the responsibility we share to take care of our planet" and offers "a moment to reflect on the promises we have made to each other but failed to keep," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a message on Population Day, without being more specific.
It is also "an opportunity to celebrate our diversity, to acknowledge our common humanity and to admire the advances in health that have extended life expectancy and significantly reduced maternal and child mortality rates," the UN Secretary-General continued.
According to the Agency department that made this projection, the world population is currently growing at the slowest rate since 1950. The world population could reach around 8.5 billion in 2030 and 9.7 billion in 2050, peaking at 10.4 billion in the 2080s and remaining at that level until 2100.
While there is a net decline in fertility in many of the so-called developed countries, the population growth expected in the coming decades will be concentrated, by more than half, in eight countries, according to the UN. These are DR Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Tanzania.
Source: APE-MPA
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