On November 15, the world population reaches 8 billion
The world has reached a major milestone in public health, according to the UN, which has increased life expectancy and lowered mortality rates
With India poised to surpass China as the world's most populated nation next year, the world population reached 8 billion on Tuesday, marking a significant milestone for humanity after growing by a billion people during the previous 12 years. The world has reached a major milestone in public health, according to the UN, which has increased life expectancy and lowered mortality rates. However, the moment also serves as a wake-up call for humanity to look beyond the statistics and fulfil its shared responsibility to protect people and the environment, beginning with the most vulnerable.
"Eight billion hopes 8 billion aspirations. 8 billion potential outcomes. 8 billion people presently live on our globe "UNFPA, the organisation that manages population issues, tweeted. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated that "unless we bridge the enormous divide between the global haves and have-nots, we are setting ourselves up for an 8 billion strong world fraught with tensions and mistrust, crises, and conflict." In 2023, India is anticipated to overtake China as the world's most populated nation. According to the demographic prospects research, India would have 1.412 billion people in 2022, compared to China's 1.426 billion. By the middle of the century, India is expected to have a population of 1.668 billion, much exceeding China's 1.317 billion.
On November 15, the population clock flashed 8,000,000,000, with the world's population having increased by one billion during the previous 12 years. Given that the human population was under 1 billion for millennia until about 1800 and that it took more than 100 years to increase from 1 to 2 billion, the UN described the world population reaching 8 billion as a "remarkable milestone." In contrast, the global population has grown quite quickly over the past century, and despite a gradual slowdown in growth, the UN projects that the world's population will surpass 9 billion around 2037 and 10 billion around 2058.
(source : PTI)
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