The population of the earth has exceeded 8 billion

The number of people on earth has passed the 8 billion mark and continues to grow. This is indicated by real-time variable statistics on the Countrymetrics.info portal .

According to the resource, there are 1 percent more men than women on the planet. As of August 14, China - 1,456,049,258 people, India - 1,418,972,027 people, USA - 835,000 people are in the first three places in the ranking of the 20 most densely populated countries on Earth.

Also, the portal shows that most people die from cardiovascular diseases (almost 16 percent). The second place is stroke, and the third place is acute lower respiratory tract infections.

Earlier, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs reported that the population of the planet will reach 8 billion in November 2022.

https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/ (useful links)