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12 Billion
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10 Billion
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8 Billion
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5 Billion
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -China’s population reached its peak size of 1.426 billion in 2022 and has started to fall. Projections indicate that the size of the Chinese population could drop below 1 billion before the end of the century. By contrast, India’s population is expected to continue growing for several decades.
Detailed explanation-3: -The United Nations projects that world population will reach a new milestone – 8 billion people – in mid-November, 2022. According to these same projections, China and India are the first and second most populous countries, each with some 1.4 billion people.