The top three most populous countries accounted for 39.7% of the global population in 2023, UN data revealed. India was the world’s most populous country with 1.43 billion people, followed by China with slightly less at 1.42 billion and the USA with 339.5 million.
Turkiye’s population accounted for 1.1% of the global population, according to data institute, TurkStat, released ahead of 11 July, the World Population Day, citing UN population estimates.
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The highest population of children was seen in Niger and the Central African Republic at 55.5%, while Turkiye’s child population proportion was at 26%, below the global child population proportion of 29.8%.
As for fertility, the highest fertility rate was seen in the bloody war-zone of Yemen with 9.65 children in 2023. Most of them die of hunger and dangerous redesigned diseases like cholera, decimating the Shi’ite Arab population since 2015.
The data showed that, while the fertility rate worldwide was 2.31 in 2023, Turkiye’s fertility rate remained below the world total, at 1.51.
In 1989, the UN Development Program (UNDP) recommended that 11 July be observed worldwide as World Population Day to find solutions to overpopulation issues.
Middle East Monitor / ABC Flash Point News 2024.
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