World Population Day

World Population Day is an annual event, observed on July 11 every year, which seeks to raise awareness of global population issues. The event was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. It was inspired by the public interest in Five Billion Day on July 11, 1987-approximately the date on which the world's population reached five billion people. The world population (as of January 1, 2014; 9:24 UTC) is estimated to be 7,137,661,030.

 As the world population edged to 7 billion people in 2011 (up from 2.5 billion in 1950), it has had profound implications for development. A world of 7 billion is both a challenge and an opportunity with implications on sustainability, urbanization, access to health services and youth empowerment.

The more new people join those of us already here, solving challenges like poverty, discrimination and violence will become increasingly more urgent – and new challenges will arise that demand the best in each of us.We are now part of a global community where actions taken in one country or region can have an immediate impact on other parts of the world. We have yet to realize the vast human potential among women and girls – who comprise half the world’s population – and the energy and talents of some two billion young people.

Looking at the opportunity of a world of over 7,000,000,000 people, we realize that No business or government can have more customers than the world population. So what do world’s people do every day?

And there is a finite number of hours in a day – 24. No one can extend them. Our lives are also finite – about 78 years, if you average all lives in the world today. Knowing what the people of the world do with their time can help you use your time more productively. And if you are an entrepreneur, use this knowledge to make something all these people would want.

How would you make use of the opportunity of a world of over 7 billion people?

CREDITS:

http://www.un.org/en/events/populationday/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Population_Day

http://www.unfpa.org/world-7-billion

http://thevwa.blogspot.com/2015/02/what-our-7-billion-world-population-does.html