World population
Humanity passed 8 billion in 2023. Growth is slowing, and the UN projects a peak around 2084. Here is the global picture for the rest of the century.
World population right now
8,266,245,291
+68,866,155 people in 2026, about one more every 0.5 secWe take the world’s projected net change for 2026 (+68,866,155 people) and spread it evenly across the year, so the counter ticks up every 0.5 sec. Figures are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant), a projection, not a real-time census.
Births this year
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a birth every 0.2 sec
Deaths this year
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a death every 0.5 sec
Net growth this year
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+1 person every 0.5 sec
Today
8.27 billion
9 billion
2038
Peak
2084
10.29 billion
2100
10.19 billion
World population over time
1950–2100, medium variant