World population to hit 8 billion this year – UN

UN: The world’s population, estimated to reach 8 billion by November 15 this year, could grow to 8.5 billion in 2030, and 10.4 billion in 2100, as the pace of mortality slows, said the report released on World Population Day.

India’s population was 1.21 billion in 2011, according to the domestic census, which is conducted once a decade. The government had deferred the 2021 census due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The world’s population was growing at its slowest pace since 1950, having fallen below 1 percent in 2020, UN estimates showed.

The world’s population could grow to 8.5 billion in 2030, and 10.4 billion in 2100, as the pace of mortality slows, said a UN report released on World Population Day.

The UN said more than half of the projected increase in the global population up to 2050 will be concentrated in eight countries — Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and the United Republic of Tanzania.

– ARAB NEWS