{"id":150184,"date":"2022-11-15T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T15:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/world-population-to-reach-8-billion-on-15-november-2022"},"modified":"2022-11-15T09:00:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T15:00:50","slug":"world-population-to-reach-8-billion-on-15-november-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/world-population-to-reach-8-billion-on-15-november-2022","title":{"rendered":"World population to reach 8 billion on 15 November 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/world-population-to-reach-8-billion-on-15-november-2022.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There might be room for everyone, or not. At first glance, the connections between the world\u2019s growing population and climate change seem obvious. The more people we have on this planet, the larger their collective impact on the climate.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The global population is projected to reach 8 billion on 15 November 2022, and India is projected to surpass China as the world\u2019s most populous country in 2023, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/development\/desa\/pd\/content\/World-Population-Prospects-2022\"><em>World Population Prospects 2022<\/em><\/a>, released today on World Population Day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year\u2019s World Population Day falls during a milestone year, when we anticipate the birth of the Earth\u2019s eight billionth inhabitant. This is an occasion to celebrate our diversity, recognize our common humanity, and marvel at advancements in health that have extended lifespans and dramatically reduced maternal and child mortality rates,\u201d said UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres. \u201cAt the same time, it is a reminder of our shared responsibility to care for our planet and a moment to reflect on where we still fall short of our commitments to one another,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The global population is growing at its slowest rate since 1950, having fallen under 1 per cent in 2020. The latest projections by the United Nations suggest that the world\u2019s population could grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030 and 9.7 billion in 2050. It is projected to reach a peak of around 10.4 billion people during the 2080s and to remain at that level until 2100.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There might be room for everyone, or not. At first glance, the connections between the world\u2019s growing population and climate change seem obvious. The more people we have on this planet, the larger their collective impact on the climate. The global population is projected to reach 8 billion on 15 November 2022, and India is [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[493,1495,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climatology","category-health","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}