NEW YEAR'S DAY

World population to hit 8 billion on January 1

According to data provided by the US Census Bureau on Thursday, the world's population increased by 75 million people in the last year and will reach over 8 billion on New Year's Day. In the previous year, the global growth rate was little less than 1%. Based on Census Bureau estimates, there will be two deaths and 4.3 births per second globally at the beginning of 2024.