ECOLOGY
HUMANS AND THE BIOSPHERE
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9 billion
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12.32 million
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7.668 billion
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14.11 billion
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Detailed explanation-1: -Five billion Matej Gašpar from Zagreb, Croatia (then SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia), was chosen as the symbolic 5-billionth person alive on Earth. The honor went to Zagreb because the 1987 Summer Universiade was taking place in the city at the time.
Detailed explanation-2: -By India Today Web Desk: The United Nations projects that the world population will hit a mark of 8 billion on November 15, 2022. At present, the population is 7, 999, 959, 816 and the World Population Prospects 2022 forecast that India is slated to surpass China as the world’s most populous country by the year 2023.
Detailed explanation-3: -The global population is projected to reach 8 billion on 15 November 2022, and India is projected to surpass China as the world’s most populous country in 2023, according to World Population Prospects 2022, released today on World Population Day.
Detailed explanation-4: -On 11th May 2000, India’s population officially reached 1 billion people with the birth of a baby girl. Government officials decided that a baby born at the Safdarjang hospital in Delhi would mark the milestone. Astha Arora was named as India’s billionth baby.