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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. Over the last few centuries, the human population has gone through an extraordinary change. In 1800, there were one billion people. Today there are more than 8 billion of us.
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Jun 1, 2023 · The global population growth rate peaked long ago. The chart shows that global population growth reached a peak in 1962 and 1963 with an annual growth rate of 2.2%; but since then, world population growth has halved. 4. For the last half-century we have lived in a world in which the population growth rate has been declining.
World Population 1950-2024. Chart and table of World population from 1950 to 2024. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100. The current population of World in 2024 is 8,118,835,999, a 0.91% increase from 2023. The population of World in 2023 was 8,045,311,447, a 0.88% increase from 2022.
From 1950 to current year: elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).
YearWorld PopulationYearly ChangeNet Change20238,045,311,4470.88 %70,206,29120227,975,105,1560.83 %65,810,00520217,909,295,1510.87 %68,342,27120207,840,952,8800.98 %76,001,848Nov 15, 2022 · This chart shows the number of people on Earth and the annual growth rate of the world population from 1950 to 2100. ... the world population is growing by around 82.4 million people a year. The ...