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The following list sorts sovereign states and dependent territories and by the total number of births. Figures are from the 2024 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the calendar year 2023.
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 ...
Therefore, the worldwide human population density is 8 billion ÷ 510 million km 2 (197 million sq mi) = 15.7 people/km 2 (41 people/sq mi). If only the Earth's land area of 150 million km 2 (58 million sq mi) is taken into account, then human population density increases to 53.3 people/km 2 (138 people/sq mi).
The "Day of Seven Billion" was targeted by the United States Census Bureau to be in March 2012, [15] while the Population Division of the United Nations suggested 31 October 2011, [16] and the latter date was officially designated by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) as the approximate day on which the world's population reached seven ...
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
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 2017, Niger has had 49.443 births per thousand people. [28] Japan has one of the lowest birth rates in the world with 8 per thousand people. [29] While in Japan there are 126 million people [30] and in Niger 21 million, [31] both countries had around 1 million babies born in 2016.