Demographics of World

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date03 Feb 2025

As of 2025, the population of World is projected at 8.23 billion, compared to 8.16 billion in 2024. The population growth rate for 2025 is projected at 0.84 percent.

There are 4.14 billion males and 4.09 billion females in World. The percentage of the male population is 50.27%, compared to 49.73% of the female population. World has 43.81 million more males than females. The sex ratio in World in 2025 will be 101.070 males per 100 females.

  • Population
  • Growth rate
  • Gender

World population

Year Population Growth (%) M per 100 F
MaleFemaleTotal
19501,241,431,6461,251,661,2022,493,092,8481.7499.183
19551,365,978,6171,374,235,1752,740,213,7922.0199.399
19601,504,457,1011,511,013,7933,015,470,8941.5899.566
19651,665,744,6871,668,789,0173,334,533,7032.0999.818
19701,847,018,7821,847,665,0113,694,683,7942.0699.965
19752,037,387,5082,033,347,7694,070,735,2771.80100.199
19802,227,983,0522,219,623,1844,447,606,2361.80100.377
19852,441,487,1972,427,456,2684,868,943,4651.80100.578
19902,674,705,1952,653,097,9145,327,803,1101.76100.814
19952,893,335,6312,865,543,3515,758,878,9821.45100.970
20003,102,257,6323,069,445,3616,171,702,9931.35101.069
20053,312,999,7713,273,970,3606,586,970,1321.27101.192
20103,533,138,5523,488,593,5967,021,732,1481.27101.277
20153,761,327,2083,709,164,6637,470,491,8721.18101.406
20203,969,229,0133,917,772,2797,887,001,2920.90101.313
20214,002,148,1763,952,300,2157,954,448,3910.80101.261
20224,035,007,9243,986,399,2688,021,407,1920.88101.219
20234,069,351,9284,022,383,0028,091,734,9300.87101.168
20244,103,612,2134,058,360,3598,161,972,5720.86101.115
20254,137,709,2384,093,903,8328,231,613,0700.84101.070
  • Life expectancy
  • Median age
  • Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

YearLife expectancy Median ageFertility rate
195046.39422.1594.852
195550.20621.8395.003
196047.82021.4554.696
196553.99820.8115.071
197056.26620.3084.825
197558.26820.6594.080
198060.50221.4523.744
198562.20922.0053.515
199063.95522.9233.310
199564.88223.9802.889
200066.43325.1312.754
200568.14126.1232.630
201070.08927.1712.602
201571.60628.2962.537
202071.91729.5752.322
202170.86529.8332.291
202272.64030.0932.265
202373.16930.3642.251
202473.32230.6212.248
202573.51830.8632.239
  • Total
  • Crude

World death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195048,486,89291,823,93619.44836.831
195546,635,655101,747,97217.01937.131
196054,612,440102,378,08318.11133.951
196548,213,550117,837,00414.45935.338
197048,163,467124,135,90713.03633.599
197547,622,994121,030,09511.69929.732
198047,349,925127,446,98410.64628.655
198548,772,812136,373,95710.01728.009
199049,794,345143,461,4259.34626.927
199551,406,890134,850,0438.92723.416
200052,240,368135,758,4828.46421.997
200553,390,436137,166,4628.10520.824
201054,268,588143,354,2377.72920.416
201556,305,968144,333,9457.53719.321
202063,546,315134,719,6118.05717.081
202169,728,100133,448,8398.76616.777
202262,278,627132,475,3917.76416.515
202361,651,608132,110,2647.61916.327
202462,389,498132,405,9277.64416.222
202563,135,984132,399,1737.67016.084
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of World

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950750,902,9381,785,371,78329.607
1955877,008,8421,895,233,69331.635
19601,023,845,5172,009,367,01033.754
19651,188,469,2242,151,123,46435.587
19701,354,215,4962,346,362,15436.595
19751,538,624,9942,540,462,20437.720
19801,754,201,0292,704,210,50539.346
19852,007,939,0632,865,842,73341.199
19902,290,228,0963,040,715,36442.961
19952,575,505,2353,175,969,18144.780
20002,868,307,5133,276,699,47646.677
20053,215,905,8633,326,253,52049.157
20103,594,868,1463,363,301,01351.664
20153,981,497,6633,401,511,15753.928
20204,378,993,9443,416,488,36556.173
20214,458,417,1533,417,047,48156.611
20224,537,671,3173,416,797,66557.046
20234,616,769,9413,415,717,53457.476
20244,695,752,6433,413,780,18057.904
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

World population by Age Group (2025)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 329,737,786 313,824,325 643,562,111 7.82 105.071
05-09 348,106,703 328,944,651 677,051,354 8.23 105.825
10-14 354,695,210 333,003,603 687,698,813 8.35 106.514
15-19 340,081,437 319,018,613 659,100,050 8.01 106.602
20-24 321,369,772 302,680,491 624,050,263 7.58 106.175
25-29 309,983,922 292,348,162 602,332,084 7.32 106.032
30-34 307,791,270 291,575,707 599,366,978 7.28 105.561
35-39 306,562,988 293,403,536 599,966,525 7.29 104.485
40-44 275,985,428 267,948,923 543,934,352 6.61 102.999
45-49 243,300,141 239,505,016 482,805,156 5.87 101.585
50-54 231,458,283 232,116,274 463,574,557 5.63 99.717
55-59 209,988,621 215,498,489 425,487,110 5.17 97.443
60-64 177,590,753 188,212,559 365,803,312 4.44 94.356
65-69 139,106,120 155,172,959 294,279,079 3.57 89.646
70-74 107,731,629 128,393,692 236,125,321 2.87 83.907
75-79 69,564,186 88,602,860 158,167,046 1.92 78.512
80-84 38,036,281 53,808,925 91,845,207 1.12 70.688
85-89 18,960,639 32,211,262 51,171,901 0.62 58.863
90-94 6,318,360 13,567,494 19,885,854 0.24 46.570
95-99 1,219,437 3,556,854 4,776,291 0.06 34.284
100+ 120,270 509,437 629,707 0.01 23.608
Total 4,137,709,236 4,093,903,832 8,231,613,071 101.070