India was the largest contributor to the 8 billion (177 million) and will surpass China, which was the second largest contributor (73 million) as the world's most populous nation by 2023.
Unless we bridge the yawning chasm between the global haves and have-nots, we are setting ourselves up for an 8-billion-strong world filled with tensions and mistrust.
UN predicts that the Earth will have a population of 8 billion people on Nov. 15. The UN's World Population Prospects 2022 predicts that the world's population will hit 8 billion on Nov.