World Population:
Increase In Population Live:
Global population increases by 2.5 people per second
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Per minute: 150 people
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Per day: 216,000 people
•
Per Year: 78 million people
According to global statistics, the world population
on earth increases by 2.5 people every second.
This increase appears to be extraordinary.
It implies per minute: 150 people. However, this
number is both commonly misunderstood and
misinterpreted in articles and discussions as it
does not imply 2.5 new born people in every
second.
Rather, 4.3 people are born on average in
every second while 1.8 die in the same time.
In a whole, this implies an increase in the
global population of 2.5 people per second
(4.3 born people minus 1.8 dead people
equals 2.5).
Extrapolated, these numbers imply a number of
137 million people who are born in every year on a
global level whilst 58 million people die in the
same period of time.
Deaths Live:
Born Children Live:
Over 9 Billion People By 2050
The onholding demographic change is one of the
central issues within the 21st century and
therefore, adressed by several political reforms.
In order to make senseful reforms, one has to ask
in what way the global population will change
over time and what increase in the global
population can be expected.
Until 2050, the United Nations expect the number
of global population to increase both further and
in a dramatical way. Today's number of around
7.238 billion people in 2014 is supposed to reach
a number of 9.683 billion people in 2050, likely
causing new challenges for the international
community.