UN: By November 15, world population will reach 8 bln people

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By November 15, the world's population will reach 8 billion people, the UN Population Fund has confirmed, according to Novinite.com.

Earlier, on August 14, the Countrymetrics.info portal stated that the population of planet Earth has officially reached 8 billion people and continues to increase.

"According to the latest edition of World Population Prospects, the world population is expected to reach 8 billion by November 15, 2022. From the description of the website you mentioned in your email, it is not clear what the source of the data is," the fund said.