U.N.’s World Population Projections 2015 Revisions I- ndia set to be most populated country

 

The 2015 revision to the U.N.’s World Population Projections was released early on Thursday July 30,2015

 The world population reached 7.3 billion as of mid-2015, adding approximately one billion people  since 2003

The world population, however, is growing slower now; 10 years ago, the growth rate was 1.24 per cent a year, while today, it is growing by 1.18 per cent, or approximately, an additional 83 million people annually. 

It will take 15 years to add the next billion people, taking the world population to 8.5 billion in 2030. 

By 2050, the world will have 9.7 billion people and 11.2 billion by 2100 

The median age of the global population — that is, the age at which half the population is older and half is younger — is 29.6. About one-quarter (26 per cent) of the world’s people are under 15 years of age, 62 per cent are aged 15 to 59, and 12 per cent 60 or above

India is younger than the world; the median age is a full three years younger and 28.8 per cent are under the age of 15, while just 8.9 per cent are 60 or over

In seven years, India will surpass China to become the world’s most populous country and will have 1.7 billion residents by 2050