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== Demographics ==
The [[world population]] on January 1, 2023 was estimated at 7.943 billion people,<ref>{{Cite web   |title=U.S. Population Estimated at 334,233,854 on Jan. 1, 2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/12/happy-new-year-2023.html |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=Census.gov |archive-date=29 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229172305/https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2022/12/happy-new-year-2023.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and was expected to increase to 8.119 billion on January 1, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Population Projections - Worldometer |url=https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/world-population-projections/ |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=www.worldometers.info |language=en |archive-date=10 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810114829/https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/world-population-projections/ |url-status=live }}</ref> An estimated 134.3 million births and 60.8 million deaths were expected to take place in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Livesay |first=Jacob |title=How many people are born a day? Examining birth rates and why they fluctuate. |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/03/07/how-many-people-born-day-global-national/11266988002/ |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US |archive-date=16 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116152538/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/03/07/how-many-people-born-day-global-national/11266988002/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Annual Population Deaths by Country in 2023 (World Map) |url=https://database.earth/population/deaths/2023 |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=database.earth |language=en |archive-date=16 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116152542/https://database.earth/population/deaths/2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> The average global [[life expectancy]] was 73.16 years,<ref name="World Life Expectancy 1950-2022 | MacroTrends">{{Cite web |title=World Life Expectancy 1950-2023 |url=https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/WLD/world/life-expectancy |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=www.macrotrends.net |archive-date=16 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716083357/https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/WLD/world/life-expectancy |url-status=live }}</ref> an increase of 0.18 years from 2022.<ref name="World Life Expectancy 1950-2022 | MacroTrends" /> The rate of [[child mortality]] was 36.7 per 1000 live births, a decrease from 38.2 in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arora |first=Anshana |date=2025-03-24 |title=Levels and trends in child mortality 2024 |url=https://data.unicef.org/resources/levels-and-trends-in-child-mortality-2024/ |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=UNICEF DATA |language=en-US}}</ref> Less than 23% of people were living in [[extreme poverty]] (on or below the [[Poverty threshold|international poverty line]]), a decrease from 2022. In April, [[India]] surpassed [[China]] as the most populated country in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UN DESA Policy Brief No. 153: India overtakes China as the world's most populous country {{!}} Department of Economic and Social Affairs |url=https://www.un.org/development/desa/dpad/publication/un-desa-policy-brief-no-153-india-overtakes-china-as-the-worlds-most-populous-country/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626135116/https://www.un.org/development/desa/dpad/publication/un-desa-policy-brief-no-153-india-overtakes-china-as-the-worlds-most-populous-country/ |archive-date=June 26, 2023 |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=www.un.org}}</ref>