A new high is going to be recorded in the global population chart as the index is supposed to cross the 8 billion mark today, as per the forecast released by the United Nations in July this year. As the annual World Population Prospect Report 2022 suggests, since 1950 the inhabitants globally are increasing at lowest rate.

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Forecasting Global Population Stats

As the number of people are increasing at lowest rate, the United Nations has projected that 2030 the world population will reach 8.5 billion, and 9.7 billion by 2050. With the frequency of every 10 years, the global population rate will create a milestone with 10.4 billion people living till 2080, along with the situation becoming unbearable till 2100.

As per the statement released by the UN, “eight nations—the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, and the United Republic of Tanzania—will account for more than half of the expected growth in the world’s population by 2050. More than half of the increase forecast through 2050 is anticipated to come from sub-Saharan African nations.”

“In 2022, the two most populous regions in the world were both in Asia: Central and Southern Asia had 2.1 billion people while Eastern and South-Eastern Asia had 2.3 billion. With populations of about 1.4 billion apiece, China and India made up the majority of the people in these two areas”, mentioned Jagran English.