Round date: the world's population has officially crossed the mark of 8 billion people (8 photos)

Today, November 15, the population of our small and cozy Earth exceeded 8 billion people. This was reported on the organization's website. United Nations. And on October 31, 2011, humanity stepped over 7 billion mark. Consequently, the earthlings needed only 12 years to add another billion. The UN also predicts according to which India will become the most populous country in the world in 2023 year. And in the 2080s, the world population will be 10.4 billion people.

A couple more interesting facts:

- For 48 years, the world's population has doubled, increasing from 4 to 8 billion people;

- China is considered the most densely populated country, 1.45 billion people live there (~ 19% of the total population);

- The smallest state is the Vatican. 800 people live there, one of them is the Pope;

- This year, 117 million people were born, but 58 million died. The most common cause of death is heart disease;

- There are more men on Earth. There are 4.04 billion and 3.9 billion women;

- The average growth is a billion per decade. Over the past 50-60 years, the population has grown by 5 billion.

For clarity, let's look at the image with the population count.





The global population has officially crossed the 8 billion mark.

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