The global population reached eight billion people Tuesday, according to U.N. estimates, marking an important milestone as growth rates in many parts of the world fall, and as world leaders try to tackle pressing global challenges such as climate change, food security, an ageing population and the environmental devastation wreaking across the globe. In a major milestone for mankind, the worlds population reached 8 billion on Tuesday, having added one billion people over the past 12 years, and with India set to surpass China next year to become the most populous nation on earth. The latest milestone was reached Tuesday, with the UN saying that the global population has reached 8 billion, only 11 years after it passed 7 billion. The milestone comes just 11 years after the worlds population reached 7 billion, with continued growth explained by improved longevity brought by advances and developments in public health, sanitation, and nutrition.
The UN notes that, although the worlds population took approximately 12 years to expand from 7 billion to 8 billion, it is expected to take approximately 14.5 years (2037) to add the next billion, reflecting a slowed rate of world growth. By comparison, world population increases in the past century were fairly quick, and while there has been a gradual slowdown in growth, according to UN estimates, the worlds population is expected to pass 9 billion in around 2037, and 10 billion around 2058. It projects that worlds population will be about 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050, and 10.4 billion in 2100. The World Population Prospects 2022, published in July of this year by the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, projects world population reaching its peak around 10.4 billion in the 2080s, remaining at this level through to 2100.
The UN estimates our planets human population will hit 8 billion -- that is 8,000,000, minus nine, the most we have ever had -- some time later in 2022. LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - The global population is on track to reach 8 billion estimated people Tuesday, according to a U.N. forecast, with most of the increase coming from developing nations in Africa. The world welcomed its 8th billion inhabitants Tuesday, an extraordinary milestone for mankind which is expected to push India into becoming the worlds most populous nation next year, overtaking China, in a race to surpass the country that next year became the most populous on earth, according to an emerging world rival to India. Nigeria is among developing nations of 2050 Congo Tanzania.
A UN report found the populations of several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are expected to double between 2022 and 2050. A U.N. projection puts the U.S. population currently at 337 million, reaching 375 million by 2050. More than half the projected increases in global population through 2050 would be concentrated in eight countries -- the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, and Tanzania.
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