Arihant current affairs magazine

Arihant current affairs magazine

Arihant current affairs magazine published this article page no 49 WORLD POPULATION GROWTH Why in news The worlds population recently reached 8 billion according to estimates from the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA). Trend in World population growthTemporal disparity Much of the worlds population growth has come in the last century as better living standards and health advancements extended life expectancy. While the human population reached the first one billion in hundreds of thousands of years it reached from 7 billion to 8 billion just since 2010.Spatial disparity Declining population growth in developed countries Population growth slowdown is largely driven by wealthy countries particularly on account of burden of raising a child and falling marriage rates. Rising population in low income countries (LICs) They would drive much of the population growth with just eight accounting for the majority of a projected increase until 2050.These countries are the Democratic Republic of Congo Egypt Ethiopia India Nigeria Pakistan the Philippines and the United Republic of Tanzania arihant current affairs magazine subscription.

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