July 11th of every year is “World Population Day,” established by the United Nations Economic and Social Council in 1989 to raise awareness of global population issues.
The trend of increasing population in this world continues to rise, from 3 billion people in 1961 to 4 billion in 1975, and increased to 5 billion on July 11, 1987. Then the world population rose to 6 billion in 1999, and by the end of 2011, the world had reached 7 billion people.
The United Nations estimates that in the next 6 years (2025), the world population will reach 8 billion people
and increase to 10 billion in 2083. However, these numbers could be higher, depending on various factors
from life expectancy to birth control and infant mortality rates.
For Thailand, it is estimated that by mid-2019 (July 1), the population of Thailand was over 66,374,000 people, divided by gender at birth into 32,074,000 males and 34,300,000 females.
The rapid increase in population may impact the overall quality of the population. Quality births are therefore emphasized by all countries worldwide.
The starting point of quality births begins with the readiness to conceive, access to knowledge information, family planning, birth control, continuing pregnancy, or terminating pregnancy, all of which help ensure that every birth in Thailand is of the highest quality.
Some sources of information from:
- Population Bulletin, Mahidol University, Population of Thailand 2019
- TkPark Learning Park