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| World Population Day Celebrated at WPDRF at Marwah Studios |
New Delhi: It took hundreds of thousands of years for
the world population to grow to 1 billion – then in just another 200 years or
so, it grew sevenfold. In 2011, the global population reached the 7 billion
mark, and today, it stands at about 7.7 billion, and it's expected to grow to
around 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050, and 10.9 billion in 2100.
“ This massive growth has been driven largely by
increasing numbers of people surviving to reproductive age, and has been
accompanied by major changes in fertility rates, increasing urbanization and
accelerating migration. These trends will affect the future of human race,”
said Sandeep Marwah President of World Peace Development And Research
Foundation while talking to the large audience at a webinar conducted to
observe World Population Day.
early 1970s, women had on average 4.5
children each; by 2015, total fertility for the world had fallen to below 2.5
children per woman. Meanwhile, average global lifespans have risen,
from 64.6 years in the early 1990s to 72.6 years in 2019.
In addition, the world is seeing high levels of urbanization
and accelerating migration. 2007 was the first year in which more people
lived in urban areas than in rural areas , and by 2050 about 66 per cent
of the world population will be living in cities.
These megatrends have far-reaching implications. They
affect economic development, employment, income distribution, poverty and
social protections. They also affect efforts to ensure universal access to
health care, education, housing, sanitation, water, food and energy. To more
sustainably address the needs of individuals, policymakers must understand how
many people are living on the planet, where they are, how old they are, and how
many people will come after them.
The
event was supported by ICMEI- International Chamber of Media And Entertainment
Industry, AAFT University of Media And Arts, IFUNA- Indian Federation of United
Nations Associations and IFTRC- International Film And Television Research
Centre.
