According to Countrymeters, the current population of the planet is 8.009 billion people. At the same time, the male population prevails over the female population – 50.5% versus 49.5%.
Top 10 countries by population remains the same: China (1.456 billion), India (1.418 billion), USA (336 million), Indonesia (281 million), Pakistan (230 million), Nigeria (218 million), Brazil (216 million) ), Bangladesh (169 million), Russia (146 million) and Mexico (132 million).
Note, according to the UN, the world’s population was to reach 8 billion by mid-November 2022.
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Recall that earlier the UN predicted that in the next 30 years the world’s population will grow by 2 billion people and by 2050 reach 9.7 billion.
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