Nearly 60% of the world's population lives in asia, with more than 2.8 billion in the countries of india and china combined The percentage shares of china, india and rest of south asia of the world population have remained at similar levels for the last few. Map showing countries where the ethnicity or race of people was enumerated in at least one census since 1991 [needs update] many countries and national censuses currently enumerate or have previously enumerated their populations by race, ethnicity, nationality, or a combination of these characteristics [1][2] different countries have different classifications and census options for race and. Un world population prospects world population by broad age group projected to 2100 the united nations world population prospects (wpp) is the official series of global population estimates and projections produced by the population division of united nations department of economic and social affairs (undesa). In world demographics, the world population is the total number of humans currently alive
It took around 300,000 years of human prehistory and history for the human population to reach a billion and only 218 more years to reach 8 billion. The un population division has calculated the future population of the world's countries, based on current demographic trends The un's 2024 report projects world population to be 8.1 billion in 2024, about 9.6 billion in 2050, and about 10.2 billion in 2100. Ethnic classifications vary from country to country and are therefore not comparable across countries. The census bureau was not projecting white population losses to occur until after 2024 This makes any national population growth even more reliant on other race and ethnic groups
In march 2024, the office of management and budget published revisions to statistical policy directive no Standards for maintaining, collecting, and presenting federal data on race and ethnicity that address (1) combined question for race and ethnicity (2) adding a middle eastern or north african (mena) category
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