Get quick : the world ’s population is set to cross the 8 billion crisscross . The latest UN reportrecently predictedthat this milestone would be contact on or so November 15 , but these things are incredibly difficult to pinpoint with 100 percentage truth .
ease up current projection and a certain allowance of error , it look like we ’re fast approaching the 8 billion people mark and could reach it “ any day now , ” according to theWall Street Journal .
“ This twelvemonth ’s World Population Day falls during a milestone year , when we anticipate the birth of the Earth ’s eight billionth indweller . This is an occasion to celebrate our diversity , recognize our common humanity , and wonder at progress in health that have extend life and dramatically reduced enate and child mortality charge per unit , ” UN Secretary - General António Guterres said in a recentstatement .
“ At the same time , it is a reminder of our shared responsibility to handle for our satellite and a moment to reflect on where we still fall short of our commitment to one another , ” he added .
The UN projections go on to propose that the global population could grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030 , 9.7 billion in 2050 , and 10.4 billion in 2100 . As part of this monumental shift , China will be overtaken by India as the planet ’s most thickly settled country by 2023 .
Meanwhile , there will be a vast population spurt in developing countries . As per the UN , over half of the projected universe increase up to 2050 will be concentrated in just eight countries : the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Egypt , Ethiopia , India , Nigeria , Pakistan , the Philippines , and the United Republic of Tanzania .
Other jutting , however , have foreseen a slenderly different future . In 2020 , a huge subject published in The Lancetsuggested that the global populationwill grow over the next few decades and peak in 2064 at around 9.7 billion people , before falling to 8.8 billion by 2100 . If this becomes unfeigned , it would be the first clock time the global population has declined since the mid-14th one C duringthe Black Death .
Under both of these scenario , huge universe growth will occur in sub - Saharan Africa and a slower lift will be seen across the Arab universe . With this spherical demographic movement , we can expect to see a giant tidal shift toward a multi - polar humanity where many , not just one , superpowers convention of the roost .
The rest of this future tense , as ever , is yet to be write .
