The world’s population is expected to reach 8 billion on November 15, and the United Nations said in a report on Monday that India will surpass China as the most populous country on the planet in 2023.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the milestone of its overall population is “a moment to look back on our common responsibility to take care of our planet and where we have not yet fulfilled each other’s promises. It reminds me of. “
“This is an opportunity to celebrate our diversity, recognize our common humanity, extend our lives and marvel at the progress in health that has dramatically reduced maternal and child mortality,” he adds. I did.
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs predicts that the world’s population is growing at the slowest pace since 1950. It should reach 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050, about 10.4 billion in the 2080s, and then stabilize. Levels up to 2100.
While some developing countries have seen net declines in fertility, more than half of the world’s population growth forecast over the next few decades will be concentrated in eight countries, the report said. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Tanzania. -AFP
