Agencies:

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.

The World Population increases annually by 100 million approximately after every 14 months. The world population reached 7,400,000,000 on February 2016 and had reached 7,500,000,000 on April 2017 and in the year 2019 it reached 7,700,000,000.

India is the 2nd most populated country in the world with nearly a fifth of the world's population. According to the 2019 revision of the World Population prospectus population stood at 1,352,642,280.
India has more than 50% of its population below the age of 25.

India is projected to be the world's most populous country by 2024, surpassing the population of China. It is expected to become the first country to be home to more than 1.5 billion people by 2030 and its population is set to reach 1.7 billion by 2050.