LAHORE: Pakistan’s population is expected to climb to 403 million by 2050, a United Nations (UN) report released Monday said. The earth’s population is expected to rise to 9.7 billion in 2050 from 7.7 billion today, according to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ “World Population Prospects” report. Meanwhile the world’s most populous country China will see its population drop by 2.2 percent, or around 31.4 million, between 2019 and 2050. Global average life expectancy should reach 77.1 years in 2050 against 72.6 years currently, the report says. In 1990, the average life expectancy was 64.2 years.

Source: Pakistan Today June 18, 2019 09:11 UTC