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The 2022 projections from the United Nations Population Division (chart #1) show that annual world population growth peaked at 2.3% per year in 1963, has since dropped to 0.9% in 2023, equivalent to about 74 million people each year, and could drop even further to minus 0.1% or rise to between 1 to 2.5% or higher by 2100. [4]
Below is a list of countries and regions of the world with their projected population, as estimated by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, as of July 11, 2022. The Medium variant of the forecast for July 1, 2024, July 1, 2030, July 1, 2050 and July 1, 2100 is given. [ 12 ][ 13 ] Country (or dependent territory) 2024. 2030.
Statistical subregions as defined by the United Nations Statistics Division [1] This is a list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2024 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present. [2]
July 11, 2024 at 12:30 PM. Fertility rates around the world are dropping quicker than expected, putting the world on track to see a population decline before the end of the century, according to a ...
The United Nations Population Fund ranking is based on the data for the 2022 published online. [1] The United Nations Population Fund (formerly the United Nations Fund for Population Activities - UNFPA) is an UN agency aimed at improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide. This agency collects and analyses information on demography ...
Story at a glance A new report from the United Nations states the global population will reach 8 billion by November. The world’s population is expected to reach 8.5 billion by 2030 and 9.7 ...
The United Nations did determine, and commemorate, the "Day of 5 Billion" on 11 July 1987, and the "Day of 6 Billion" on 12 October 1999. The Population Division of the United Nations declared the "Day of Seven Billion" to be 31 October 2011. [70] The United Nations marked the birth of the eight billionth person on 15 November 2022. [71] [65]
Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group. Actual global human population growth amounts to around 83 million annually, or 1.1% per year. [ 2 ] The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to 8.1 billion in 2024. [ 3 ] The UN projected population to keep growing, and estimates have ...