The world’s population has reached 8 billion (800 crores) on November 15, 2022.
The global population could grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050, and 10.4 billion in 2100.
While it took the global population 12 years to grow from 7 to 8 billion, it will take approximately 15 years until 2037 to reach 9 billion.
The annual World Population Prospect Report also notes that the global population is growing at its slowest rate since 1950.
It has fallen to less than one percent in 2020.
In the year 2022, the two most populous regions were both in Asia: Eastern and South Eastern Asia with 2.3 billion people and Central and Southern Asia with 2.1 billion.
As per the UN estimates, India is projected to surpass China as the world’s most populous country during 2023.
China and India accounts for more than a third of the total.
India estimates its population at 1.38 billion, slightly lower than the 1.4 billion that the World Bank estimates for China.
More than half of the projected increase in the world population up to 2050 will be concentrated in just 8 countries: Egypt, Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Tanzania, and the Philippines.