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Population growth through history from 5000 BC to the current year (2024) for the entire population of the world
World population trends. It took hundreds of thousands of years for the world population to grow to one billion – then in just another 200 years or so, it grew sevenfold. In 2011, the global population reached the seven billion mark, and in November 2022, it reached eight billion.
How many people live in the world? Find out the latest data on the global population, its growth rate, distribution, and trends from The World Bank. Explore interactive charts and maps, compare countries and regions, and download the data for your own analysis.
Around 1804, the world population reached 1 billion people. In 1927, the 2 billion mark was made. And then, the world population really took off. In the following 84 years, the world population grew by 5 billion people reaching 7 billion in 2011. And the growth continues. By 2023, world population reaches 8 billion people.
2023. -0.02. 2024. -0.03. The current population of China is 1,425,246,184 as of Saturday, May 11, 2024, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data 1. China 2023 population is estimated at 1,425,671,352 people at mid year. China population is equivalent to 17.72% of the total world population.
World Population (total) Countries in the world by population. All people on 1 page. (How many countries are there in the world?) ( World Map) World Population by Year (past) World Population Projections (future) Population by Region. Population in the top economic regions (E.U., U.S., China, and Japan)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Database (demographic data) and USA Trade Online (trade data); Central Intelligence Agency, The World Fact Book (country reference maps). This application presents data for 228 countries and areas of the world with a 2024 population of 5,000 or more.
