On the occasion of World Population day (11th July) the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division has released the World Population Prospects 2022.
According to the report;
In 2022, India’s population stands at 1.412 billion, compared to China are 1.426 billion.
Key Points of the Report
The study projected that next year India will surpass China as the world’s most populous country.
India will become the world’s most populous nation by 2023 and by 2050 India’s population would be 1.668 billion.
The report has also mentioned that the world’s population would cross 8 billion by mid-November 2022.
The global population is growing at its slowest rate since 1950; the current rate is under 1% annually.
At Present, the world’s two most populous regions are;
Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, with 2.3 billion people, represents 29% of the world population.
Central and Southern Asia, with 2.1 billion, represents 26% of the total global population.
The report highlighted that the world’s population could cross 8.5 billion in 2030 and 9.7 billion in 2050.
More than 50% of the projected increase in global population by 2050 will be concentrated in just 8 countries:
The Democratic Republic of Congo
Egypt
Ethiopia
India
Nigeria
Pakistan
Philippines
The world’s population would reach a peak of around 10.4 billion people during the 2080s and after that, it would remain at that level until 2100.
The report has also highlighted that 10 countries experienced a net outflow of more than 1 million migrants between 2010 and 2021.
In some countries, these outflows were due to temporary labour movements.
In some countries, it was due to insecurity and conflicts have driven the net outflow of migrants.
Global life expectancy at birth reached 72.8 years in 2019; it will reach around 77.2 years in 2050.
Life expectancy in the least developed countries is about 7 years behind the global average.
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