Global population to cross 8 billion this year, half live in just 7 countries

[UberEatsDriver]

DRC is gonna be on the list soon too. It's already the second largest country in Africa and has its 3rd highest fertility rate.

Part of the reason why these countries stay poor so long

 

[Lambent55]

it should have peaked ages ago but synthetic agriculture (fertilizers) increased capacity.

as it is there are too many people.

business loves it though as they are always on the search for new markets and always on the search for more layers (beneath them) in the capitalist hierarchy.

We could easily be producing more food than we already are

Imagine if Americans grew easily grown edible plants/food in their yards instead of lawns of green grass,.

 

[hood b. goode]

we here

 

[Nkrumah Was Right]

 

[Rekkapryde]

India having 1.4 billion?

Didn't know Nigeria had that many people. Same with Indonesia.

Pakistan, Brazil over 200 million? You can't even live outside the coast in Brazil

 

[Crayola Coyote]

And over 25% live in just 2 Countries (who also happen to have heavy anti-blackness and worship anything white in their cultures )

China nationalism and Indian Nationalism are definitely going to be negative forces this century

Looks like we gotta go to war to change that

 

[get these nets]

AP

The world population will be 8.09 billion on New Year's Day after a 71 million increase in 2024

12/30/24​

The world population increased by more than 71 million people in 2024 and will be 8.09 billion people on New Year's Day, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Monday.
The 0.9% increase in 2024 was a slight slowdown from 2023, when the world population grew by 75 million people. In January 2025, 4.2 births and 2.0 deaths were expected worldwide every second, according to the estimates.
The United States grew by 2.6 million people in 2024, and the U.S. population on New Year's Day will be 341 million people, according to the Census Bureau.
The United States was expected to have one birth every 9 seconds and one death every 9.4 seconds in January 2025. International migration was expected to add one person to the U.S. population every 23.2 seconds. The combination of births, deaths and net international migration will increase the U.S. population by one person every 21.2 seconds, the Census Bureau said.


So far in the 2020s, the U.S. population has grown by almost 9.7 million people, a 2.9% growth rate. In the 2010s, the U.S. grew by 7.4%, which was the lowest rate since the 1930s