8 BILLON OF US
The Voice of America reports It is beginning to look a lot like crowded everywhere we go on Earth as humans topped 8 billion people.
And with longer lifespans offsetting fewer births, world population growth continues a long-term trend of slowing down.
The scientific estimates are that our global population exceeded the threshold near the end of September. The United Nations estimated the number was passed 10 months earlier, having declared Nov. 22, 2022, the "Day of 8 Billion," the Census Bureau pointed out in a statement.