Question

What is the population of the world?
(a)6 billion
(b)5.2 billion
(c)7 billion
(d)7.2 billion

Answer 1

Hint: For the global population, it took more than 2 million years of human history to hit 1 billion. China and India are the most populated countries in the world and the only two with populations in excess of 1 billion each. So the total population of the world would be more than 6 billion.

Complete answer:
It took the whole of human history until 1804 for the population of the planet to exceed 1 billion. The next billion, however, came only 100 years later, in 1927. After that, the growth rate accelerated: 3 billion in 1959, 4 billion in 1974, 5 billion in 1987, 6 billion in 1999, and 7 billion now. The population of the world currently stands at 7.8 billion, having surpassed the 7 billion mark in 2011. In 2023, demographers predict the 8 billion mark, with a predicted global population of 9 billion by 2037 and 10 billion by 2056.
Let’s discuss some preventive measures to control the population in the next section.

Additional Information:
The most important strategies that can be utilized to manage population growth are below:
- Marriages Postponed.
- Medical Supplies.
- Legislative Steps.
- Delivering rewards.
- Spread Consciousness.
- Female Empowerment.
- Poverty Eradication.
- Pedagogy.

So, the correct answer is ‘7.2 billion’.

Note: The actual population is 7.8 billion but because it was not given as an option and 7.2 billion was the closest figure this is the correct answer. The above-mentioned prevention methods are just a theoretical approach. The controlling population is never in our hands, all we can do is find a balance between the population per square feet.