With 267 people being born every minute and 108 dying, the world’s population will top seven billion next year, a research group projects.
At the same time the ratio of working-age adults to support the elderly in developed countries declines precipitously (stejlt) because of lower birthrates and longer life spans.
In 2010, the global population reached 6,9 billion, with nearly all the growth in the world’s developing countries.
According to the report, the planets poorest developing countries account for 20 million of the 80 million people being added to the global population every year.
World’s population is expected to reach the 8 billion mark by 2025 and would further increase up to 9,4 billion in 40 years from now, but India will creep up to 1,7 billion already by 2050, US experts have said.
Kilde: www.worldbank.org
