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Worldometer shows the live and updated population data of the world, countries, regions, and religions. See the historical and projected population growth, density, age, sex, and fertility rates.
China is currently the most populous country in the world, with a population estimated at more than 1.42 billion as of September 2022. Only one other country in the world boasts a population of more than 1 billion people: India, whose population is estimated to be 1.41 billion people—and rising.
List of countries and dependencies in the world ranked by population, from the most populated. Growth rate, median age, fertility rate, area, density, population density, urbanization, urban population, share of world population.
As of 1 January 2024, the population of the world was estimated to be 8,147,701,969. This is an increase of 1.25 % (100,752,651 people) compared to population of 8,046,949,318 the year before. In 2023 the natural increase was positive, as the number of births exceeded the number of deaths by 100,254,836.
See the live counter of the world population and learn about its growth, impact and challenges. Compare the human population with other species and the Earth's resources.
In world demographics, the world population is the total number of humans currently alive. It was estimated by the United Nations to have exceeded eight billion in mid-November 2022. It took around 300,000 years of human prehistory and history for the human population to reach a billion and only 218 years more to reach 8 billion.
Population, total - World ( 1 ) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision; ( 2 ) Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices; ( 3 ) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics; ( 4 ) United Nations Statistics Division.
