India to surpass China as most populous country in 2023, UN report says
The world’s population, estimated to reach Referring to an earlier World Health Organization report — estimating about 14.9 million deaths relating to the Covid-19 pandemic between January 2020 and December 2021, the UN report said global life expectancy at birth fell to 71 years in 2021 from 72.8 years in 2019, mostly due to the pandemic.The United Nations said more than half of the projected increase in the global population up to 2050 will be concentrated in eight countries — Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Tanzania.Countries of sub-Saharan Africa are expected to contribute more than half of the increase anticipated through 2050.However, the population of 61 countries is projected to decrease by 1% or more between 2022 and 2050, driven by a fall in fertility.
