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UN estimates (as of 2017) for world population by continent in 2000 and in 2050 (pie chart size to scale) Asia Africa Europe Central/South America North America Oceania. Population estimates for world regions based on Maddison (2007), [29] in millions. The row showing total world population includes the average growth rate per year over the ...
Estimates of world population by their nature are an aspect of modernity, possible only since the Age of Discovery.Early estimates for the population of the world [10] date to the 17th century: William Petty, in 1682, estimated the world population at 320 million (current estimates ranging close to twice this number); by the late 18th century, estimates ranged close to one billion (consistent ...
The UN Population Division has calculated the future population of the world's countries, based on current demographic trends. The UN's 2024 report projects world population to be 8.1 billion in 2024, about 9.6 billion in 2050, and about 10.2 billion in 2100. The following table shows the largest 15 countries by population as of 2024, 2050 and ...
The national 1 July, mid-year population estimates (usually based on past national censuses) supplied in these tables are given in thousands. The retrospective figures use the present-day names and world political division: for example, the table gives data for each of the 15 republics of the former Soviet Union, as if they had already been independent in 1950.
Based on this, the UN projected that the world population, 8 billion as of 2023, would peak around the year 2086 at about 10.4 billion, and then start a slow decline, assuming a continuing decrease in the global average fertility rate from 2.5 births per woman during the 2015–2020 period to 1.8 by the year 2100 (the medium-variant projection).
WorldPop develops statistical population modelling methods to produce gridded population estimates that support census activities. [11] [12] The programme develops new methods for data synthesis that use demographic and health surveys, census, satellite imagery, [13] cell phone [14] and other data to create consistent gridded outputs [15] and map detailed population densities.
This is a list of population milestones by country (and year first reached). Only existing countries are included, not former countries. Only existing countries are included, not former countries. 20 million milestone
Statistical subregions as defined by the United Nations Statistics Division [1]. This is the list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2024 revision of World Population Prospects.