Demographics of the world | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-13

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00:04:19 1 History
00:07:02 2 Cities
00:07:44 3 Population density
00:10:10 4 Population distribution
00:10:21 5 Ethnicity
00:10:31 6 Religion
00:14:15 7 Marriage
00:14:52 8 Health
00:17:32 9 Demographic statistics
00:17:52 9.1 Age structure
00:19:55 9.2 Population growth rate
00:23:09 9.3 Birth count
00:23:26 9.4 Birth rate
00:28:07 9.5 Death rate
00:30:55 9.6 Sex ratio
00:34:47 9.7 Total fertility rate
00:36:48 9.8 Unemployment rate
00:37:24 9.9 Demonym
00:37:42 10 Languages
00:40:38 11 Education
00:41:53 12 See also



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Demographics of the world include population density, ethnicity, education level, health measures, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the human population of the planet Earth. 
The overall population of the world is approximately 7.7 billion as of December 2018. 
Its overall population density is 50 people per km² (129.28 per sq. mile), excluding Antarctica. Nearly two-thirds of the population lives in Asia and is predominantly urban and suburban, with more than 2.5 billion in the countries of China and India combined. The world's literacy rate (83.7%) is attributable to poverty. Lower literacy rates are common in South Asia, West Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
The world's largest ethnic group is Han Chinese with Mandarin being the world's most spoken language in terms of native speakers.
Human migration has been shifting toward cities and urban centres. The urban population jumping from 29% in 1950, to 50.5% in 2005. Working backwards from the United Nations prediction that the world will be 51.3 percent urban by 2010, Dr. Ron Wimberley, Dr. Libby Morris and Dr. Gregory Fulkerson estimated 23 May 2007 to be the first time the urban population outnumbered the rural population in history.China and India are the most populous countries, as the birth rate has consistently dropped in developed countries and until recently remained high in developing countries. Tokyo is the largest urban conglomeration in the world.The total fertility rate of the World is estimated at 2.52 children per woman, which is above the global average for the replacement fertility rate of approximately 2.33 (as of 2003). However, world population growth is unevenly distributed, with the total fertility rate going from .91 in Macau, to 7.68 in Niger. The United Nations estimated an annual population increase of 1.14% for the year of 2000.
The current world population growth is approximately 1.09%People under 18 years of age made up over a quarter of the world population (29.3%), and people age 65 and over made up less than one-tenth (7.9%) in 2011.The world population more than tripled during the 20th century from about 1.65 billion in 1900 to 5.97 billion in 1999.It reached the 2 billion mark in 1927, the 3 billion mark in 1960, 4 billion in 1974, and 5 billion in 1987. Currently, population growth is fastest among low wealth, Least Developed Countries.The UN projects a world population of 9.15 billion in 2050, which is a 32.69% increase from 2010 (6.89 billion).