Every 10 seconds, 26 children appear in the world - thus, today, the planet is already inhabited by 7 billion 635 million people, which is 83 million more than last year. This was stated by specialists from the German Foundation for the Earth's Population.
According to them, the maximum population growth is given by the countries of Africa. According to experts, by 2050 the number of people on this continent will almost double - up to 2.5 billion people.
Experts note that the reason for the rapid increase is the maximum number of cases of unplanned pregnancy.
As the head of the foundation Renata Behr noted, women living in sub-Saharan countries give birth to more children than they want. This factor is due to the low level of education of the local population, as well as the lack of contraceptives.
“If women could decide for themselves how many children they want to have, whether they want them at all and could decide when to give birth, then in poor countries this situation would improve, and the annual growth of the world's population could be reduced by a quarter,” says Ber …
At the same time, population growth in the EU countries grew to 512.6 million people by the beginning of 2018.
So, in 2017, there were 5.1 million newborns per 5.3 million deaths in Europe. In addition, due to migration, the population growth in the EU amounted to 1.1 million people.
Today, the most populous country is Germany (82.9 million people). France is in second place (67.2 million). And the third is Great Britain (66.2 million).
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According to experts, by 2030, almost 60% of the population will move to live in cities, which will increase the number of urban residents by one billion and thus amount to 5.2 billion people.
It is known that today there are 548 cities in the world in which more than a million people live. According to the UN, the largest metropolis in the world is the Japanese capital Tokyo, which is home to 37 million people. The capital of India, New Delhi, is home to 29 million people. However, as experts note, in the near future, the Indian capital is expected to increase its population by at least 10 million people.
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