We each are uniquely one-in-eight-billion – at least, that’s according to the United Nations, who has projected that the world’s population will surpass eight billion people on Tuesday .
Dubbed a “milestone in human development,” the United Nations is also calling for collective action to protect people and the planet. While it took the global population 12 years to grow from sevent to eight billion, it will take approximately 15 years—until 2037— for it to reach nine billion, a sign that the overall growth rate of the global population is slowing in more developed nations.countries, exacerbating already entrenched inequalities,” a statement from the UN reads.
“Between now and 2050, almost all of the global increase in numbers of children and youth and of adults under age 65 will occur in low-income and lower-middle-income countries.” The world population is expected to reach 8 billion people Tuesday. And while a 'milestone in human development,'