UN suggests world's population will rise to 11.2 billion by 2100

The world's population will rise to 11.2 billion by 2100 from the current 7.6 billion, latest projections put out by the UN population division suggest.

A billion have been added since 2005 and another billion are likely to be added by 2030 according to this forecast.

India's population, currently estimated at 1.34 billion, is projected to rise to 1.51 billion by 2030 and further to 1.66 billion by 2050.

Although China is currently the world's most populous country with 1.41 billion, in 2024 both countries will have about 1.44 billion each.

According to the forecast the global population will reach 10.8 billion in 2050 instead of the projected 9.77 billion and 16.5 billion in 2100 instead of 11.18 billion.

Source: Times of India