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World population milestones went unnoticed until the 20th century, ... seven billion in 2011; eight billion in 2022 [3] [4] ... 14 years after 8 billion, and 10 ...
According to the UN, the global population reached eight billion in November 2022, [64] but because the growth rate is slowing, it will take another 15 years to reach around 9 billion by 2037 and 20 years to reach 10 billion by 2057. [65]
The 2022 revision of the UN's World Population Prospects report [23] represents a departure from the pattern of the previous ten years and expects that a slowing of the population growth rate will lead to a population peak of 10.4 billion in the 2080s, after which it would then begin to slowly fall.
The world’s population has grown dramatically in the last 75 years, from an estimated 2.6 billion in 1950 to 8 billion in November 2022. Since then, it has increased by roughly 2.5% to 8.2 billion.
Indian commuters leave at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj train terminus in Mumbai, India, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. The world's population is projected to hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday ...
According to the latest U.N. projections, the world’s population could grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050 and a peak of around 10.4 billion during the 2080s. It is forecast ...
The current world population growth is approximately 1.09%. [7] People under 15 years of age made up over a quarter of the world population (25.18%), and people age 65 and over made up nearly ten percent (9.69%) in 2021. [7] The world population more than tripled during the 20th century from about 1.65 billion in 1900 to 5.97 billion in 1999.
The human species has topped 8 billion, with longer lifespans offsetting fewer births, but world population growth continues a long-term trend of slowing down, the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday.