According to a UN report made public on World Population Day, India is expected to overtake China as the world’s most populous nation next year. According to the World Population Prospects 2022 report by the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the world’s population will be eight billion by mid-November, 8.5 billion in 2030, and 9.7 billion in 2050. It is anticipated that the world population will reach a peak of roughly 10.4 billion people during the 2080s and then remain there until 2100, expanding at its slowest rate since World War II.
The eight billionth person to inhabit the planet is expected to be born this year, which makes this year’s World Population Day (July 11) particularly significant. This is a time to celebrate our differences, acknowledge our shared humanity, and marvel at medical advances that have lengthened life expectancies and significantly lowered maternal and infant death rates, according to UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
At the same time, he continued, “it is a moment to reflect on where we still fall short of our obligations to one another and a reminder of our shared responsibility to care for our planet.”
Important Outlines Of The Report:
- In 2023, India is expected to overtake China as the world’s most populated nation, according to the report.
2. In just eight nations, including India, more than half of the predicted rise in world population by 2050 will be concentrated.
3. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Tanzania are the other seven nations.
4. Through the end of the century, it is anticipated that population growth in Oceania, Northern Africa, Western Asia, and Australia and New Zealand will be slower but nonetheless healthy.
5. Before 2100, populations in Eastern and South Eastern Asia, Central and Southern Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, and Northern America are likely to peak and begin to fall.
6. India was one of the ten nations with a net migration expected to have exceeded 1 million between 2010 and 2021. The outflows in several of these nations were brought about by transient labour movements. Pakistan experienced the biggest net outflow of migrants (-16.5 million).
7. Due to violence and insecurity, nations including Syria, Venezuela, and Myanmar reported increased outflow of migrants.
8. Globally, the life expectancy at birth decreased to 71.0 years in 2021 from 72.8 years in 2019, primarily as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic’s effects.
9. Many of the 46 least developed nations are anticipated to see population growth rates among the fastest in the world between 2022 and 2050.
10. The momentum of past growth will be responsible for two-thirds of the expected growth in global population until 2050.
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