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World population has reached 8 billion on November 15, 2022 according to the United Nations. World population live counter with data sheets, graphs, maps, and census data regarding the current, historical, and future world population figures, estimates, growth rates, densities and demographics
Explore global and country data on population growth, demography, and how this is changing. Population growth is one of the most important topics we cover at Our World in Data. For most of human history, the global population was a tiny fraction of what it is today.
The fastest doubling of the world population happened between 1950 and 1987: from 2.5 to 5 billion people in just 37 years — the population doubled within a little more than one generation. This period was marked by a peak population growth of 2.1% in 1962.
As of 2024, population size has peaked in 63 countries and areas, including China, Germany, Japan and the Russian Federation, and the total population of this group is projected to decline by...
World population growth Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period. It is calculated as ln(P2/P1) where P1 and P2 are the populations on subsequent years.
It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present for 237 countries or areas, underpinned by analyses of historical demographic trends.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The world’s population is expected to grow by more than 2 billion people in the next decades and peak in the 2080s at around 10.3 billion, a major shift from a decade ago, a new report by the United Nations said Thursday.