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World population to hit 8 billion, global population growing at slowest rate since 1950

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The UN says we're reaching eight billion in record time due to progress in public health, nutrition and medicine which have helped increase life expectancy. At the same time, we have a record number of women in the workforce, at university, which is also having an impact on demographic growth as birthrates drop in developed nations. Arjan Djonca, a specialist in demography at the London School of Economics tells us more about demographic trends.

Added on the 15/11/2022 14:54:24 - Copyright : France 24 EN

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