The world‘s population grew slightly to 7.4 billion in 2016, the UN said, with a substantial youth bulge challenging political and social systems across the planet.
The United Nations Population Fund released its 2016 State of the World Population report Thursday in Amman, Jordan. Daniel Baker, regional humanitarian coordinator and head of the fund’s Jordan country office, highlighted the potential fallout -- and gains -- to be had by overcoming the world‘s clear gender inequality in the half of the world’s population under the age of 24.
The report said the world’s population grew 1.1 percent to 7.433 billion from 7.349 billion the previous year.
