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World population
- 8.2 billion Estimate · 2024 · UN Population Division
- 10.3 billion Projection · 2084 · UN Population Division
- 1.11 people per second, modelled
- +0 Since you opened this page
Putting it in perspective
- Per second
- 1.11
- Per minute
- 66.5
- Per hour
- 3,992
- Per day
- 95,824
Counted in people.The UN projects the peak for the mid-2080s; the counter walks the straight line between the two points.
How this number is made
- Method
- Straight line between two published points
- Basis
- Estimate for 2024, Projection for 2084
- Record
- STO-72MET24C3G, STO-9P15XPQ860
- Source
- UN Population Division, World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results — Ten Key Messages (11 Jul 2024)
“The world’s population is expected to continue growing for another 50 or 60 years, reaching a peak of around 10.3 billion people in the mid-2080s, up from 8.2 billion in 2024.”
- Step 01
Take UN Population Division’s estimate for 2024: 8.2 billion, placed at the middle of that year.
- Step 02
Take its projection for 2084: 10.3 billion, placed the same way.
- Step 03
Draw a straight line between the two and read off its slope: about 1.11 people per second.
- Step 04
The number on screen is the point on that line at this second.
- On screen
- The result of those steps, recomputed four times a second in your browser. Nothing on this page is fetched live from the publisher.
- Why this can't be exact
- Population does not grow in a straight line; the line is exact only at the two published points. It runs at the 2024 pace until a figure for the current year is published. Digits beyond the first two or three are the model ticking, not extra precision.
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