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On this page, you will find all of our data, charts, and writing on changes in population growth. This includes how populations are distributed worldwide, how this has changed, and what demographers expect for the future.
- Fertility Rate
There are three major reasons for the rapid decline in the...
- Life Expectancy
What you should know about this data. Period life expectancy...
- The Global Population Pyramid
The change from 1950 to today and the projections to 2100...
- Two Centuries of Rapid Global Population Growth Will Come to an End
Population growth is still fast: every year, 134 million are...
- Population
March 31, 2023. Next expected update. August 2024. Date...
- Population Growth Rate
Population by age group 1950 to 2100, with UN projections....
- Teaching Notes on Population Growth
In 1820 there were about one billion humans living on earth....
- Fertility Rate
Jun 1, 2023 · The world population has changed in dramatic ways over the last few centuries. Let’s take a look at long-run data on population to understand this change, and how quickly the world population is growing today. The chart shows the increasing number of people living on our planet over the last 12,000 years.
- The World Population Will Pass 8 Billion at The End of 2022
- Global Population Is Projected to Peak at Around 10.4 Billion in 2086
- Global Fertility Rate Has Continued to Decline to 2.3 Births Per Woman
Since 1975 the world has been adding another billion people every 12 years. It passed its last milestone of 7 billion in 2011. And, by the end of 2022, another one will pass: there will be 8 billion people worldwide. While this absolute growth is similar to previous decades, the growth ratecontinues to fall. Since 2019, the global population growth...
The world population has increased rapidly over the last century. When will it come to an end? Previous versions of the UN World Population Prospects showed a significant slowdown in population growth, with very slowgrowth – almost reaching a plateau – by the end of the century. Its previous release projected that the world population would be arou...
A key determinant of the global population rate is women's average number of children over their lifetime – the fertility rate. Fertility rates have fallen rapidly across the world in recent decades. In 1950, the average woman gave birth around 5 times. Since then, fertility rates have more than halved. In 2021, this global figure was 2.3 births pe...