World Population Day

The global population approaches eight billion

The birth of the five billionth citizen of the Earth on 11 July 1987 inspired the UN to establish that very day the World Population Day. In 2011, as much as two billion people more lived on our planet, while, according to the UN’s forecasts, we came close to the number of eight billion citizens in 2021.

The population is facing, perhaps more than ever before, numerous challenges, which influence demographic trends, either directly or indirectly. While in some parts of the world the population aged 60 years and over grows, in other parts it is the youth that make more than one third of the total population.

Many statistical indicators portray these differences, of which one is life expectancy at birth. According to the UN data for 2020, it was expected that population of North America would live to their 79.2 years of age, followed by the population of Oceania (78.4 years) and Europe (78.3 years). It was significantly more than the population of Africa with the life expectancy reaching 62.7 years of age.

The difference is also visible in the total fertility rate. The UN data show that Europe had the lowest total fertility rate in 2020 (1.6), while in Africa it was the highest at 4.4.

For continuation see what we have singled out conducted by the UN’s forecasts for 2021.



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