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People and climate Fossil CO₂ emitted this year
Tier A · ±5%
Fossil CO₂ emitted this year: extrapolated from
38.1 billion tonnes (projection, 2025, GCP).
Confidence Tier A, error band ±5%.
≈ 1,207 tonnes of CO₂ per second 38.1 billion tonnes in 2025, projection · GCP 01People and climate
People and climate
World population
Tier A · ±2%
World population: extrapolated from
8.2 billion (estimate, 2024, UN Population Division) and 10.3 billion (projection, 2080, UN Population Division).
Confidence Tier A, error band ±2%.
≈ 1.1 people per second 8.2 billion (2024) to 10.3 billion (2080) · UN Population Division Fossil CO₂ emitted this year
Tier A · ±5%
Fossil CO₂ emitted this year: extrapolated from
38.1 billion tonnes (projection, 2025, GCP).
Confidence Tier A, error band ±5%.
≈ 1,207 tonnes of CO₂ per second 38.1 billion tonnes in 2025, projection · GCP 02Energy
Energy
Coal produced this year
Tier A · ±4%
Coal produced this year: extrapolated from
above 9 billion (projection, 2026, IEA).
Confidence Tier A, error band ±4%.
≈ 285 tonnes of coal per second above 9 billion in 2026, projection · IEA Wind turbines installed this year
Tier B · ±5%
Wind turbines installed this year: extrapolated from
28,395 (actual, 2025, GWEC).
Confidence Tier B, error band ±5%.
≈ 3.24 wind turbines per hour 28,395 in 2025, actual · GWEC Electricity used worldwide this year
Tier A · ±3%
Electricity used worldwide this year: extrapolated from
28,600 TWh (actual, 2025, IEA).
Confidence Tier A, error band ±3%.
≈ 906 megawatt-hours per second 28,600 TWh in 2025, actual · IEA Barrels of oil consumed this year
Tier B · ±4%
Barrels of oil consumed this year: extrapolated from
104.3 million barrels per day (actual, 2025, EIA).
Confidence Tier B, error band ±4%.
≈ 1,207 barrels per second 104.3 million barrels per day in 2025, actual · EIA Wind power capacity added this year
Tier A · ±3%
Wind power capacity added this year: extrapolated from
165 gigawatts (actual, 2025, GWEC).
Confidence Tier A, error band ±3%.
≈ 18.8 megawatts per hour 165 gigawatts in 2025, actual · GWEC Invested in the energy transition this year
Tier B · ±8%
Invested in the energy transition this year: extrapolated from
US$2.3 Trillion (actual, 2025, GWEC).
Confidence Tier B, error band ±8%.
≈ 72,883 US dollars per second US$2.3 Trillion in 2025, actual · GWEC 03Transport
Transport
Air passengers carried this year
Tier B · ±5%
Air passengers carried this year: extrapolated from
5.2 billion (projection, 2026, IATA).
Confidence Tier B, error band ±5%.
≈ 165 passengers per second 5.2 billion in 2026, projection · IATA Electric cars sold this year
Tier A · ±4%
Electric cars sold this year: extrapolated from
23 million (projection, 2026, IEA).
Confidence Tier A, error band ±4%.
≈ 43.7 electric cars per minute 23 million in 2026, projection · IEA Containers shipped this year
Tier B · ±6%
Containers shipped this year: extrapolated from
280 million (estimate, 2025, WSC).
Confidence Tier B, error band ±6%.
≈ 8.87 containers per second 280 million in 2025, estimate · WSC EV battery capacity deployed this year
Tier B · ±7%
EV battery capacity deployed this year: extrapolated from
1.2 TWh (actual, 2025, IEA).
Confidence Tier B, error band ±7%.
≈ 2.28 megawatt-hours per minute 1.2 TWh in 2025, actual · IEA Airport passengers this year
Tier A · ±3%
Airport passengers this year: extrapolated from
9.8 billion (actual, 2025, ACI World).
Confidence Tier A, error band ±3%.
≈ 311 passengers per second 9.8 billion in 2025, actual · ACI World Commercial aircraft delivered this year
Tier A · ±1%
Commercial aircraft delivered this year: extrapolated from
1,114 aircraft (actual, 2024, ICAO).
Confidence Tier A, error band ±1%.
≈ 3.05 aircraft per day 1,114 aircraft in 2024, actual · ICAO 04Digital
Digital
Electricity used by data centres this year
Tier C · ±20%
Electricity used by data centres this year: extrapolated from
485 TWh (estimate, 2025, IEA).
Confidence Tier C, error band ±20%.
≈ 15.4 megawatt-hours per second 485 TWh in 2025, estimate · IEA Mobile broadband data used this year
Tier B · ±10%
Mobile broadband data used this year: extrapolated from
1.3 ZB (estimate, 2024, ITU).
Confidence Tier B, error band ±10%.
≈ 41.2 terabytes per second 1.3 ZB in 2024, estimate · ITU Internet users worldwide
Tier B · ±5%
Internet users worldwide: extrapolated from
5.5 billion (estimate, 2024, ITU) and 6 billion (estimate, 2025, ITU).
Confidence Tier B, error band ±5%.
≈ 15.8 internet users per second 5.5 billion (2024) to 6 billion (2025) · ITU People coming online by mobile this year
Tier C · ±15%
People coming online by mobile this year: extrapolated from
160 million (actual, 2025, GSMA).
Confidence Tier C, error band ±15%.
≈ 5.07 new users per second 160 million in 2025, actual · GSMA 5G subscriptions added this year
Tier B · ±8%
5G subscriptions added this year: extrapolated from
around 660 million (actual, 2025, Ericsson).
Confidence Tier B, error band ±8%.
≈ 20.9 subscriptions per second around 660 million in 2025, actual · Ericsson Spent on cloud infrastructure this year
Tier B · ±6%
Spent on cloud infrastructure this year: extrapolated from
$419 billion (estimate, 2025, Synergy Research).
Confidence Tier B, error band ±6%.
≈ 13,277 US dollars per second $419 billion in 2025, estimate · Synergy Research 05Industry
Industry
Semiconductor sales this year
Tier A · ±3%
Semiconductor sales this year: extrapolated from
USD 795.6 billion (actual, 2025, WSTS).
Confidence Tier A, error band ±3%.
≈ 25,211 US dollars per second USD 795.6 billion in 2025, actual · WSTS Silicon wafer area shipped this year
Tier A · ±2%
Silicon wafer area shipped this year: extrapolated from
12,973 million square inches (MSI) (actual, 2025, SEMI).
Confidence Tier A, error band ±2%.
≈ 411 square inches per second 12,973 million square inches (MSI) in 2025, actual · SEMI 06Food
Food
How the counters work
- A year-flow counter spreads an annual figure across 31,557,600 seconds, the length of a 365.25-day year, and starts at midnight UTC on 1 January. The pace is an average: real activity clusters in daylight hours and working days.
- The world population counter walks the straight line between the UN estimate for 2024 and the projection for its peak in the mid-2080s. Both figures are records in the database.
- Every counter carries a confidence tier (Tier A for audited census/filings, Tier B for trade association surveys, Tier C for indicative models) and an explicit error band (±1%–40%), verified at build time to keep annualized deviation within ≤ 3%.
- A projection ticks like an actual. Each counter says which it is, who published it, and for which period; a counter built on last year's figure runs at last year's pace until the current year is published.
- Open any counter for its own page: the source document, the verbatim quote, every step of the arithmetic, confidence tier and bounds, and a code snippet to embed it.
Computed in your browser from the cited rates, on your clock (UTC). Without JavaScript the figures freeze at build time: 2026-10-28 17:09 UTC. How every statistic is sourced and verified: methodology.