With 216 million people expected to live there, Nigeria is presently the sixth most populated nation in the world.
According to the most recent World Population Prospects 2022 report published by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs on November 15, 2022, World Population Day, this is the case.
The population of the globe has reportedly surpassed 8 billion people, according to the UN.
According to the estimate, just eight nations—the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, and the United Republic of Tanzania—will account for more than half of the world’s projected population.
India would overtake China as the world’s most populous nation in 2023, it continued.
In 2020, the world’s population actually decreased by less than 1%, rising at its sluggishest rate since 1950. According to the United Nations’ most recent estimates, the world’s population may reach 8.5 billion people in 2030 and 9.7 billion by 2050. The population is predicted to peak at 10.4 billion people in the 2080s and stay there until 2100.
The report also notes that fertility rates have dropped significantly in recent decades across many nations.
“Today, two-thirds of the world’s population reside in regions or nations with lifetime fertility rates below 2.1 births per woman, or roughly the number needed to achieve long-term population growth equilibrium for a population with low mortality. The report states that due to persistently low rates of fertility and, in some cases, high rates of emigration, the populations of 61 countries or regions are expected to decline by 1 percent or more between 2022 and 2050.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, and the United Republic of Tanzania are the eight nations where more than half of the projected increase in the world’s population will be concentrated by the year 2050.
More than half of the increase anticipated through 2050 is expected to come from sub-Saharan African countries.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated, “This year’s World Population Day falls during a historic year when we anticipate the arrival of the eight billionth person on the planet. This is a time to celebrate our differences, acknowledge our shared humanity, and be in awe of medical advancements that have dramatically lowered maternal and child mortality rates and extended lifespans.
At the same time, it serves as a reminder of our shared duty to protect the environment and a time to consider where we still fall short of our obligations to one another.
