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Live data on the current world population, births, deaths, and population growth. See historical and forecast data, charts, and rankings by country and region.
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.
Data based on the latest United Nations Population Division estimates. Click on the name of the country or dependency for current estimates (live population clock), historical data, and projected figures.
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.
Live world statistics on population, government and economics, society and media, environment, food, water, energy and health. Interesting statistics with world population clock, forest loss this year, carbon dioxide co2 emission, world hunger data, energy consumed, and a lot more
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.
Download official UN estimates and projections of global and national population from 1950 to 2100. Explore data files, graphs, profiles and publications on demographic trends and indicators.
