United States: New report which belongs from the United Nations says that the world’s Population will exceed by more than almost 2 billion people in the next coming few days and by the 2080s and there will be about 10.3 billion people on earth.
Reasons for Early Population Peak
After that, the number of people is expected to start going down and be around 10.2 billion by the end of the century. The report, released on World Population Day, explains that the population peak is happening earlier because some big countries, like China, are having fewer babies. In fact, China’s population is expected to drop from 1.4 billion people in 2024 to just 633 million by the year 2100.
As reported by U.S News, Globally women are living an average of one fewer child than they did I 1990 the report said, and in more than almost half of all the countries and territories the average number of the live births per woman is below 2.1.
“Ultra-Low” Fertility in Some Countries
Round about 20 percent of the world including China, Italy, South Korea and Spain- have “ultra-low” fertility with the women having the fewer than 1.4 live births said the report by the U.N. Population Division.
Potential Environmental Benefits
“The earlier and lower peak is a hopeful sign,” U.N. Undersecretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Li Junhua said. “This could mean reduced environmental pressures from human impacts due to lower aggregate consumption.”
Li actually emphasized, however, that even with slower population growth, people will still need to individually reduce the impact of their activities to preserve the environment.
Global Population Trends and Future Outlook
According to the report, in 2024 population has already peaked in 63 countries and territories, including China, Germany, Japan and Russia. In this group, the total population is projected to decline by 14% over then next 30 years.
The world’s population has grown dramatically in the last 75 years from an estimated 2.6 billion in 1950 to 8 billion in the month of November and since then it has increased by roughly 2.5 percent to 8.2. billion.
Impact of Population Trends
Kathleen Mogelgaard, president and CEO of the Washington-based Population Institute, said Thursday’s new estimates underscore “an increasing demographic divide around the world.”
While it identified more than 100 countries and territories whose populations have already peaked or will do so in the next 30 years, she said, it shows even more where population will keep growing, many among the world’s poorest nations.