World Population Day is an annual event, observed on July 11 every year, which seeks to raise awareness of global population issues. The event was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. It was inspired by the public interest in Five Billion Day on July 11, 1987, the approximate date on which the world's population reached five billion people. World Population Day aims to increase people's awareness on various population issues such as the importance of family planning, gender equality, poverty, maternal health and human rights.
July 11th was suggested by Dr. K.C.Zachariah in which population reaches Five Billion when he worked as Senior Demographer at World Bank. The global world population increases annually by 100 million approximately every 14 months. The world population reached 7,400,000,000 on February 6, 2016; the world population had reached 7,500,000,000 at around 16:21 on April 24, 2017. The world population had reached 7,700,000,000 on year 2019. At present global world population is 7,794,798,739.
In November, UNFPA, together with the governments of Kenya and
Denmark, will be convening a high-level conference in Nairobi to accelerate
efforts to achieve these unmet goals.
World Population Forecast -
|
Year (July 1) |
Population |
|
|
2020 |
7,794,798,739 |
|
|
2025 |
8,184,437,460 |
|
|
2030 |
8,548,487,400 |
|
|
2035 |
8,887,524,21 |
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Top Ten countries according to their population.-
China - 1,445,057,016
India - 1,394,151,169
U.S.A. - 333,012,049
Indonesia - 276,543,464
Pakistan - 225,443,228
Brazil - 214,127,149
Nigeria - 211,614,672
Bangladesh - 166,400,583
Russia - 145,998,613
Mexico – 130,346,930
