The press service of the UN reported that the planet has crossed the threshold of 8 billion people. As noted in the organization, «this was a development milestone ‘testament’ to power of health and science”.
We’ve added a billion people in just 12 years. According to the forecasts of the world organization, humanity is likely to go through 9 billion by 2037.
Some facts:
🔎The two most populous countries are China and India.
🔎 Leading depopulation countries: Bulgaria, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Serbia.
🔎 Asia and Africa are main sources of the growth, while the contribution of Europe is negative.
🔎 Male population is 50.5% and female 49.5% (*according to countrymeters.info)
🔎 The three most common causes of death among the inhabitants of the Earth are coronary heart disease, stroke and acute lower respiratory infections.