World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision
On 21st June, 2017, the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat issued World Population Prospects Report: The 2017 Revision.
According to the results of the 2017 Revision, the world’s population numbered nearly 7.6 billion as of mid-2017.
The reports shows that the world’s population is projected to increase by slightly more than one billion people over the next 13 years, and will reach 8.6 billion in 2030, and to increase further to 9.8 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion by 2100.
Currently, the population of China is approximately 1.41 billion compared with 1.34 billion in India that is 19 percent and 18 percent of the world’s population respectively.
India’s population is projected to continue growing for several decades to around 1.5 billion in 2030 while the population of China is expected to remain stable until the 2030s, after which it may begin a slow decline.
In this way India will be the world’s most populous country by 2024-2030.
According to repots data, ten countries are expected to account collectively for more than half of the world’s projected population increase over the period 2017-2050.
These ten countries are India, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, Ethiopia, the United Republic of Tanzania, the United States of America, Uganda, Indonesia and Egypt.
Nigeria’s population, currently the seventh largest in the world, is growing most rapidly.
The population of Nigeria is projected to surpass that of the United States shortly before 2050, at which point it would become the third largest country in the world.
According to the report in 2017, an estimated 50.4 per cent of the world’s population was male and 49.6 per cent female.
Current estimates indicate that roughly 83 million people are being added to the world’s population every year.
On 21st June, 2017, the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat issued World Population Prospects Report: The 2017 Revision.
According to the results of the 2017 Revision, the world’s population numbered nearly 7.6 billion as of mid-2017.
The reports shows that the world’s population is projected to increase by slightly more than one billion people over the next 13 years, and will reach 8.6 billion in 2030, and to increase further to 9.8 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion by 2100.
Currently, the population of China is approximately 1.41 billion compared with 1.34 billion in India that is 19 percent and 18 percent of the world’s population respectively.
India’s population is projected to continue growing for several decades to around 1.5 billion in 2030 while the population of China is expected to remain stable until the 2030s, after which it may begin a slow decline.
In this way India will be the world’s most populous country by 2024-2030.
According to repots data, ten countries are expected to account collectively for more than half of the world’s projected population increase over the period 2017-2050.
These ten countries are India, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, Ethiopia, the United Republic of Tanzania, the United States of America, Uganda, Indonesia and Egypt.
Nigeria’s population, currently the seventh largest in the world, is growing most rapidly.
The population of Nigeria is projected to surpass that of the United States shortly before 2050, at which point it would become the third largest country in the world.
According to the report in 2017, an estimated 50.4 per cent of the world’s population was male and 49.6 per cent female.
Current estimates indicate that roughly 83 million people are being added to the world’s population every year.
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