The world is about to become 8 billion

This increase has disturbed the leaders of the United Nations who have created Population Day to awareness of overcrowding. This day is July 11th.

The planet today has 7.7 billion inhabitants, and it is soon expected to reach 8 billion, while in 2050 it is expected to reach almost 10 billion if it continues at this rate.

However, some countries are losing population, between them and Albania. The causes are from lower births, in countries like China and Japan, but also from development in some areas, which attract immigrants from less developed areas.

Half of this population growth will come from only nine countries, five of which are in Africa: Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo. Other countries are India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Indonesia, but Egypt and the United States as well.

Despite the population growth in Africa, life expectancy in poor countries is lower, and is expected to range from 72 to 77 in 2050.

Many countries are suffering from overcrowding, and they will suffer again in the future. These conditions contribute to social and environmental problems, from pollution to malnutrition, inequality and rapid distribution of diseases.

But despite rapid growth, the world's population is also aging very quickly. Another record that was reached in 2018 was that people older than 65 years of age for the first time became more numerous than people under the age of five, the TCH notes.

Japan's population is expected to continue to decline, but the most endangered are especially Balkan countries. In fact, four of the five countries that will lose the most population by 2050 are right in the Balkans, and Albania is thought to have dramatically decreased population in that year, to 1 million.