The number of the world's population exceeded 8 billion

According to the Countrymeters website, the world's population is more than 8 billion people. The main growth fell on China and India. And in third place in terms of population, the United States is noted.

While the 1,4 billion population corresponds to China (18,1 percent), India also has almost the same figure (17,7 percent). In third place in terms of population, the United States is 336 million people (4.2 percent).

P.S. The first billion inhabitants were recorded in 1804. By 1987, this figure had reached 5 billion. In 1999, the world's population reached 6 billion, and in 2011-7 billion.