World to count 8 billion people on November 15 – India to surpass China in 2023

The 8 billion people are expected to be touched by the world population on November 15, according to a forecast of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs published today, International Population Day. According to the same img, India will surpass China in 2023 and become the most populous country in the world.

“As we await the birth of the 8,000,000,000th inhabitant of the Earth”, this event should be a “reminder of the responsibility we share to care for our planet” and offers “a moment to think about the promises we made to each other but did not keep”, emphasized in his message for Population Day the Secretary General of UNAntonio Guterres, without being more specific.

It is also “an opportunity to celebrate our diversity, recognize our common humanity and admire the advances in health that have extended life expectancy and significantly reduced maternal and child mortality rates,” the UN Secretary-General continues.

According to the Department of the Organization that made this forecast, the world’s population is currently growing at the slowest rate since 1950. The world’s population may reach about 8.5 billion in 2030 and 9.7 billion in 2050. , reaching a peak of 10.4 billion in the years 2080 and remaining at this level until 2100, as reported by AFP and relayed by the Athens News Agency.

While there is a clear decline in the birth rate in many of the so-called developed countries, population growth expected in the coming decades will be concentrated, more than half, in eight countries, according to the UN. These are DR Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, IndiaNigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Tanzania.