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On New Year’s Day, the world’s population will exceed eight billion. According to scientists, it is now questionable whether our planet can support such a mass. This year the world population grew by 75 million people.
The world’s population has grown by 75 million people this year, and on January 1, 2024 the number of Earth’s inhabitants will exceed the eight billion mark. This was reported by the AP agency, citing the US Census Bureau (USCB).
The growth rate worldwide in the last twelve months was just under one percent. According to USCB forecasts, 4.3 babies will be born every second and two people will die at the same time early next year.
Unless there is a significant change, the United States is experiencing its lowest birth rate decade on record. This should be less than four percent between 2020 and 2030. By far the worst decade was the 1930s after the Great Depression, with an increase of 7.3 percent.
“Of course, the increase could accelerate somewhat after we emerge from the pandemic years. But it will still be difficult to reach 7.3 percent,” said demographer William Frey of the US Brookings Institution.
France has the highest birth rate in Europe (1.84 births per woman), closely followed by the Czech Republic (1.83). Romania takes third place (1.81). This emerges from the latest Eurostat data. However, the fewest children are born in Malta (1.13), Spain (1.19) and Italy (1.25).
Some scientists say eight billion people could already be a turning point for the Earth. But others claim that it can handle another two billion, emphasized the NBC News portal. “If everyone on the planet became vegetarian, current arable land could feed up to 10 billion people.” said population biologist Joel Cohen from Columbia University in the US.
The USCB’s calculations differ from United Nations (UN) statistics, according to which the world population already reached eight billion people in November.
According to current calculations, we could reach nine billion between 2037 and 2046, and between 2054 and 2071 we are expected to exceed the ten billion mark.
The world has witnessed an important milestone. Population exceeds eight billion (11/2022):
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