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In world demographics, the world population is the total number of humans currently living. It was estimated by the United Nations to have exceeded eight billion in mid-November 2022. It took around 300,000 years of human prehistory and history for the human population to reach a billion and only 218 years more to reach 8 billion.
This is a list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2022 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present.
The UN Population Division has calculated the future population of the world's countries, based on current demographic trends. In 2022, world population reached 8 billion. The UN's 2022 report projects world population to be 9.7 billion people in 2050, and about 10.3 billion by 2100.
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The world's population is projected to hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday, according to a United Nations projection, with much of the growth coming from ...
The overall population of the world is approximately 8 billion as of November 2022. Currently, population growth is fastest among low wealth, least developed countries. The UN projects a world population of 9.15 billion in 2050, a 32.7% increase from 6.89 billion in 2010.
Estimates of historical world population. Comparison of humans living today with all previous generations. This article lists current estimates of the world population in history. In summary, estimates for the progression of world population since the Late Middle Ages are in the following ranges: Year. 1400.
World human population estimates from 1800 to 2100, with estimated range of future population after 2020 based on "high" and "low" scenarios. Data from the United Nations projections in 2019. World population has been rising continuously since the end of the Black Death, around the year 1350.
Population (2021) % (world) ±% p.a. (2010–2013) World: 7,909,295,151: 100%: 1.17% Southern Asia: 1,989,452,478: 25.2%: 1.32% Eastern Asia: 1,663,696,923: 21.0%: 0.57% South-eastern Asia: 675,796,065: 8.5%: 1.20% Eastern Africa: 461,141,845: 5.8%: 2.89% South America: 434,254,119: 5.5%: 1.06% Western Africa: 418,544,337: 5.3%: 2.78% Northern ...
Cartogram of the world's population in 2018; each square represents 500,000 people. This is a list of countries and dependencies by population. It includes sovereign states, inhabited dependent territories and, in some cases, constituent countries of sovereign states, with inclusion within the list being primarily based on the ISO standard ISO ...
seven billion in 2011. eight billion in 2023. [3] [4] Old estimates put the global population at 9 billion by 2037–2046, 14 years after 8 billion, and 10 billion by 2054–2071, 17 years after 9 billion; however these milestones are likely to be reached far sooner. [5] [needs update] Projected figures vary depending on underlying statistical ...