![]() If the life of one individual can take many different routes, Imagine the boundless paths 8 billion can take. Turn the 8 on its side, and you see the symbol for infinity, so that a world of 8 billion could mean a world of infinite possibilities. And not just a privileged few whose circumstance of birth was down to chance but as many people as possible, from the person in the densely packed urban centre to the person in the remotest corner of earth, old to young, rich to poor, with and without disability, all gender expressions and sexual orientations. Let our challenge be to do more than exist – let us dare to thrive. Looking to the 9th billion, 920 million will live in lower-middle income and low-income countries, more than 400 million will be people 65 years and older, 150 million will be 15 - 29 and the population of children aged 14 and younger 0-14 will be declining and contributing negatively. Some countries saw reduced births due to COVID-19, while others saw little impact the pandemic also reduced international migration. Upper-middle income and high-income countries, whose populations will be driven by international migration in the coming decades, contributed about 250 million. Countries of sub-Saharan Africa are expected to contribute more than half of the increase anticipated through 2050.” Lower-middle income and low-income countries contributed the majority of the 8th billion “More than half of the projected increase in the global population up to 2050 will be concentrated in eight countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and the United Republic of Tanzania. ![]() The populations of 61 countries or areas are projected to decrease by 1 per cent or more between 20, owing to sustained low levels of fertility and, in some cases, elevated rates of emigration.” The pace of world population growth has been declining since the 1970s, dropping below 1 per cent for the first time in 2020.Īccording to the World Population Prospects 2022: Summary of Results: “two-thirds of the global population lives in a country or area where lifetime fertility is below 2.1 births per woman, roughly the level required for zero growth in the long run for a population with low mortality. ![]() World population reached 7 billion in 2011 and is estimated to peak at 10.4 billion in the 2080s until 2100. ![]()
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