World Population touches 8 billion; 'still single' Twitter memes crowds site

The United Nations announced on 15th November that the World population hit the 8-billion mark. In 1974, this count was at about 4 billion.

“While it took the global population 12 years to grow from 7 to 8 billion, it will take approximately 15 years— until 2037— for it to reach 9 billion, a sign that the overall growth rate of the global population is slowing," the UN said.

As the eight-billionth child was taking birth somewhere in the world yesterday, many on Twitter began to dish out a wide variety of memes on the situation. Some on Twitter took the opportunity to lament their lack of a dating life.





When someone has a less than desirable dating situation going, they’re told there are plenty of fish in the sea. Twitter users seemed upset that despite there being 8 billion “fish in the sea", some of them were still single.



At least some people were being a little optimistic about things. “BREAKING: World population hits 8 billion. You will get a better person. Move on," one assured. “So now onwards it’s ‘Eight billion smiles in the world and yours is my favourite!'" Another wrote.



“This unprecedented growth is due to the gradual increase in human lifespan owing to improvements in public health, nutrition, personal hygiene and medicine. It is also the result of high and persistent levels of fertility in some countries," the UN said on its Day of 8 billion website. The global population will cross 10 billion mark before 2100 but this will not go on forever, within this century.