Society
World Population Exceeds 8 Billion
The world population has surpassed the threshold of 8 billion people, according to data from the UN Population Fund. The timeline of global population milestones is as follows:
- 1 billion – 1804
- 2 billion – 1927
- 3 billion – 1960
- 4 billion – 1974
- 5 billion – July 11, 1987
- 6 billion – October 12, 1999
- 7 billion – October 31, 2011
- 8 billion – November 15, 2022
If the dynamics of population growth do not undergo drastic changes, the threshold of 9 billion people is expected to be surpassed around 2035.