World population day

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World population day

World population day

 

11th july is celebrated as World population day since 1990. World Population Day, which seeks to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues, was established by the then-Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989, an outcome of the interest generated by the Day of Five Billion, which was observed on 11 July 1987.

The Day was first marked on 11 July 1990 in more than 90 countries. Since then, a number of a number of UNFPA country offices and other organizations and institutions commemorate World Population Day, in partnership with governments and civil society.

World population milestones in billions
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1960 1974 1987 1999 2011 2022 2037 2057
33 14 13 12 12 11 15 20

TOP COUNTRIES BY POPULATION ACROSS CONTINENTS

 

Let's have a look at the top 10 populous countries in the world, as of 2024:

  1. India - 1,441,719,852
  2. China - 1,425,178,782
  3. USA - 341,814,420
  4. Indonesia - 279,798,049

Uttar Pradesh - 257,054,568

  1. Pakistan - 245,209,815
  2. Nigeria - 229,152,217
  3. Brazil - 217,637,297
  4. Bangladesh - 174,701,211
  5. Russia - 143,957,079
  6. Ethiopia - 129,719,719

ASIA

 

  1. ~ 1.44 billion
  2. China - 41 billion
  3. 266 million
  4. 210 million
  5. 165 million

AFRICA

  1. 191 million
  2. 102 million
  3. 95 million
  4. DR Congo. 86 million
  5. 56 million

 

NORTH AMERICA

  1. The United States of America. 322 million
  2. 115 million
  3. 35 million
  4. 16 million
  5. 12 million

SOUTH AMERICA

  1. 208 million
  2. 49 million
  3. 44 million
  4. 31 million
  5. Venezuela. 31 million

EUROPE

  1. Russian Federation. 145 million
  2. ~ 84 million
  3. 76 million
  4. United Kingdom. 66 million
  5. 65 million

 

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