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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.
Around 9.3% of the world population live in extreme poverty, subsisting on less than US$1.9 per day; [78] around 8.9% are malnourished. [79] 87% of the world's over-15s are considered literate. [80] As of January 2024, there were about 5 billion global Internet users, constituting 66% of the world population. [81]
Earth has a human population of over 8 billion as of 2024, with an overall population density of 50 people per km 2 (130 per sq. mile). Nearly 60% of the world's population lives in Asia, with more than 2.8 billion in the countries of India and China combined. The percentage shares of China, India and rest of South Asia of the world population ...
As of 2016, 757 million people live in the 101 largest cities; [41] these cities are home to 11% of the world's population. [41] By the end of the century, the world population is projected to grow, with estimates ranging from 6.9 billion to 13.1 billion; [41] the percentage of people living in the 101 largest cities is estimated to be 15% to ...
As of 2020, white Americans numbered 235,411,507 or 71% of the population, including people who identified as white in combination with another race. People who identified as white alone (including Hispanic whites) numbered 204,277,273 or 61.6% of the population, while non-Latino whites made up 57.8% of the country's population. [31]
About 692 million people globally were in this situation in 2024. [8] The second table lists countries by the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line—the poverty line deemed appropriate for a country by its authorities. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. [9]
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