The World Population Prospects 2022 report, released this Monday, reveals that the world population is expected to reach 8 billion by November 15, 2022. The study ranks India first ahead of China, for the year 2023.

8 billion. This is the estimate of the world population as of next November 15. Despite the drop in the growth rate to less than 1% in 2020, the latest United Nations projections predict 8.5 billion in 2030 and 9.7 billion in 2050. However, World Population Prospects 2022 highlights that fertility has fallen sharply over the past few decades for many countries (around 2.1 births per woman). Furthermore, global life expectancy at birth has improved somewhat, but life expectancy at birth in the least developed countries lags behind the world average by 7 years. COVID-19 has also had a significant impact on global population growth. Let us note that, according to United Nations forecasts, the world population could reach 10.4 billion in 2100.