UN POPULATION REPORT

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• 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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