World population

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date13 Feb 2024

The current population of the World is 8,097,827,371 as of March 19, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The World population is projected at 8,118,835,999 or 8,119 million or 8.12 billion as of July 1, 2024. The Global population is estimated at 8,045,311,447 or 8,045 million or 8.05 billion for the year 2023. In 2037, the human population will grow to more than 9 billion. In 2058, 10 billion milestones are projected.

In 2024, the world’s population growth rate is 0.91%. That annual growth rate is expected to continue declining, reaching 0.5 percent by mid-century and by 2086, it will have a declining population. The population growth reached a peak in 1963 with an annual growth rate of 2.27 %. The global population growth rate was above 2% in nine year.

The annual increase of world population in 2024 is 73.53 million, which is two million more than the population of the 20th ranked Thailand. Annual additions are projected to continue declining by around 0.8 million every year, reaching 44 million by 2050. The absolute increase of the population per year peaked in 1990 with almost 92.8 million.

  • Population
  • Growth rate
  • Net change

World population projections

Year Population Growth
1 Jan1 JulyNet Changerate (%)
20227,941,658,3167,975,105,15666,893,6790.839
20238,008,551,9958,045,311,44773,518,9050.914
20248,082,070,9008,118,835,99973,530,1990.906
20258,155,601,0998,191,988,45372,774,7080.888
20268,228,375,8078,264,364,50971,977,4050.871
20278,300,353,2128,335,977,67171,248,9180.855
20288,371,602,1308,406,828,79270,453,3230.838
20298,442,055,4538,476,889,39169,667,8760.822
20308,511,723,3298,546,141,32768,835,9950.805
20318,580,559,3248,614,532,74567,946,8410.789
20328,648,506,1658,682,091,98467,171,6370.774
20338,715,677,8028,748,798,54266,241,4790.757
20348,781,919,2818,814,575,17165,311,7800.741
20358,847,231,0618,879,397,40164,332,6800.725
20368,911,563,7418,943,206,70263,285,9220.708
20378,974,849,6639,006,026,37062,353,4130.692
20389,037,203,0769,067,889,02661,371,9010.677
20399,098,574,9779,128,661,21560,172,4760.659
20409,158,747,4539,188,250,49259,006,0780.642
20419,217,753,5319,246,673,30057,839,5390.626
20429,275,593,0709,303,896,85156,607,5610.608
20439,332,200,6319,359,836,42055,271,5790.591
20449,387,472,2109,414,408,42353,872,4270.572
20459,441,344,6379,467,543,57552,397,8750.553
20469,493,742,5129,519,190,80450,896,5830.535
20479,544,639,0959,569,297,88649,317,5830.515
20489,593,956,6789,617,774,47047,635,5840.495
20499,641,592,2629,664,516,14645,847,7670.474
20509,687,440,0299,709,491,76144,103,4630.454
20519,731,543,4929,752,656,91642,226,8470.433
20529,773,770,3399,794,102,04340,663,4080.415
20539,814,433,7479,833,861,19138,854,8880.395
20549,853,288,6359,871,900,60237,223,9340.377
20559,890,512,5699,908,304,86935,584,6000.359
20569,926,097,1699,943,123,26234,052,1870.342
20579,960,149,3569,976,440,15032,581,5890.327
20589,992,730,94510,008,310,11131,158,3310.311
205910,023,889,27610,038,705,86129,633,1700.295
206010,053,522,44610,067,733,60628,422,3210.282
206110,081,944,76710,095,573,06427,256,5940.270
206210,109,201,36110,122,307,67926,212,6360.259
206310,135,413,99710,147,949,11525,070,2370.247
206410,160,484,23410,172,513,77524,059,0830.237
206510,184,543,31710,195,964,90022,843,1660.224
206610,207,386,48310,218,273,01621,773,0670.213
206710,229,159,55010,239,583,78020,848,4590.204
206810,250,008,00910,259,872,99119,729,9650.192
206910,269,737,97410,279,074,87018,673,7920.182
207010,288,411,76610,297,166,71117,509,8900.170
207110,305,921,65610,314,142,30316,441,2940.159
207210,322,362,95010,330,059,85415,393,8090.149
207310,337,756,75910,344,891,49214,269,4670.138
207410,352,026,22610,358,552,76313,053,0740.126
207510,365,079,30010,370,994,19811,829,7970.114
207610,376,909,09710,382,180,39710,542,5990.102
207710,387,451,69610,392,082,0009,260,6070.089
207810,396,712,30310,400,749,7538,074,9000.078
207910,404,787,20310,408,266,9226,959,4380.067
208010,411,746,64110,414,637,1895,781,0950.056
208110,417,527,73610,419,851,4894,647,5060.045
208210,422,175,24210,424,022,8963,695,3070.035
208310,425,870,54910,427,226,4002,711,7020.026
208410,428,582,25110,429,447,3951,730,2880.017
208510,430,312,53910,430,679,101733,1240.007
208610,431,045,66310,430,926,281-238,765-0.002
208710,430,806,89810,430,267,624-1,078,549-0.010
208810,429,728,34910,428,830,626-1,795,445-0.017
208910,427,932,90410,426,601,147-2,663,515-0.026
209010,425,269,38910,423,541,036-3,456,706-0.033
209110,421,812,68310,419,647,132-4,331,102-0.042
209210,417,481,58110,414,959,829-5,043,504-0.048
209310,412,438,07710,409,491,089-5,893,977-0.057
209410,406,544,10010,403,272,149-6,543,901-0.063
209510,400,000,19910,396,305,844-7,388,709-0.071
209610,392,611,49010,388,517,149-8,188,681-0.079
209710,384,422,80910,379,888,448-9,068,722-0.087
209810,375,354,08710,370,445,196-9,817,781-0.095
209910,365,536,30610,360,269,362-10,533,889-0.102
210010,355,002,41710,349,323,038-11,358,758-0.110

World population estimates

Year Population Growth
1 Jan1 JulyNet Changerate (%)
19502,477,674,7322,499,322,15743,294,8501.732
19512,520,969,5822,543,130,38044,321,5971.743
19522,565,291,1792,590,270,89949,959,4391.929
19532,615,250,6182,640,278,79750,056,3571.896
19542,665,306,9752,691,979,33953,344,7281.982
19552,718,651,7032,746,072,14154,840,8761.997
19562,773,492,5792,801,002,63155,020,1041.964
19572,828,512,6832,857,866,85758,708,3472.054
19582,887,221,0302,916,108,09757,774,1341.981
19592,944,995,1642,970,292,18850,594,0481.703
19602,995,589,2123,019,233,43447,288,4441.566
19613,042,877,6563,068,370,60950,985,9071.662
19623,093,863,5633,126,686,74365,646,3592.100
19633,159,509,9223,195,779,24772,538,6502.270
19643,232,048,5723,267,212,33870,327,5322.153
19653,302,376,1043,337,111,98369,471,7582.082
19663,371,847,8623,406,417,03669,138,3472.030
19673,440,986,2093,475,448,16668,923,9131.983
19683,509,910,1223,546,810,80873,801,3712.081
19693,583,711,4933,620,655,27573,887,5642.041
19703,657,599,0573,695,390,33675,582,5582.045
19713,733,181,6153,770,163,09273,962,9541.962
19723,807,144,5693,844,800,88575,312,6321.959
19733,882,457,2013,920,251,50475,588,6051.928
19743,958,045,8063,995,517,07774,942,5421.876
19754,032,988,3484,069,437,23172,897,7651.791
19764,105,886,1134,142,505,88273,239,5391.768
19774,179,125,6524,215,772,49073,293,6751.739
19784,252,419,3274,289,657,70874,476,7621.736
19794,326,896,0894,365,582,87177,373,5641.772
19804,404,269,6534,444,007,70679,476,1051.788
19814,483,745,7584,524,627,65881,763,8011.807
19824,565,509,5594,607,984,87184,950,6231.844
19834,650,460,1824,691,884,23882,848,1121.766
19844,733,308,2944,775,836,07485,055,5601.781
19854,818,363,8544,861,730,61386,733,5181.784
19864,905,097,3724,950,063,33989,931,9351.817
19874,995,029,3075,040,984,49591,910,3761.823
19885,086,939,6835,132,293,97490,708,5811.767
19895,177,648,2645,223,704,30892,112,0881.763
19905,269,760,3525,316,175,86292,831,0201.746
19915,362,591,3725,406,245,86787,308,9911.615
19925,449,900,3635,492,686,09385,571,4591.558
19935,535,471,8225,577,433,52383,923,4021.505
19945,619,395,2245,660,727,99382,665,5381.460
19955,702,060,7625,743,219,45482,317,3841.433
19965,784,378,1465,825,145,29881,534,3041.400
19975,865,912,4505,906,481,26181,137,6221.374
19985,947,050,0725,987,312,48080,524,8161.345
19996,027,574,8886,067,758,45880,367,1401.325
20006,107,942,0286,148,898,97581,913,8941.332
20016,189,855,9226,230,746,98281,782,1211.313
20026,271,638,0436,312,407,36081,538,6341.292
20036,353,176,6776,393,898,36581,443,3761.274
20046,434,620,0536,475,751,47882,262,8501.270
20056,516,882,9036,558,176,11982,586,4321.259
20066,599,469,3356,641,416,21883,893,7661.263
20076,683,363,1016,725,948,54485,170,8871.266
20086,768,533,9886,811,597,27286,126,5681.264
20096,854,660,5566,898,305,90887,290,7041.265
20106,941,951,2606,985,603,10587,303,6901.250
20117,029,254,9507,073,125,42587,740,9501.240
20127,116,995,9007,161,697,92189,404,0421.248
20137,206,399,9427,250,593,37088,386,8561.219
20147,294,786,7987,339,013,41988,453,2421.205
20157,383,240,0407,426,597,53786,714,9931.168
20167,469,955,0337,513,474,23887,038,4101.158
20177,556,993,4437,599,822,40485,657,9211.127
20187,642,651,3647,683,789,82882,276,9281.071
20197,724,928,2927,764,951,03280,045,4811.031
20207,804,973,7737,840,952,88071,958,2140.918
20217,876,931,9877,909,295,15164,726,3290.818