World population
RecordSTO-72MET24C3G-TBAKBXD6Z9-CWY737
Global · 2024
World population was 8.2 billion in 2024 (UN Population Division).
- Publisher
- UN Population Division
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Key message 1
- Retrieved
- 27 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
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.
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APA
United Nations Population Division (UN DESA). (2024). World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results — Ten Key Messages. Retrieved September 27, 2026, from https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Files/WPP2024_Key-Messages.pdf. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_72MET24C3GTBAKBXD6Z9CWY737
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- United Nations Population Division (UN DESA). "World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results — Ten Key Messages." 2024, https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Files/WPP2024_Key-Messages.pdf. Accessed 27 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_72MET24C3GTBAKBXD6Z9CWY737.
- Chicago
- United Nations Population Division (UN DESA). "World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results — Ten Key Messages." 2024. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Files/WPP2024_Key-Messages.pdf. Accessed September 27, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_72MET24C3GTBAKBXD6Z9CWY737.
- BibTeX
- @misc{unpopulationdivi2024worldcwy737, author = {{United Nations Population Division (UN DESA)}}, title = {World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results — Ten Key Messages}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_72MET24C3GTBAKBXD6Z9CWY737}, note = {Original source: https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Files/WPP2024\_Key-Messages.pdf. Accessed September 27, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- United Nations Population Division (UN DESA) · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results — Ten Key Messages
- Type
- Report
- Published
- 11 July 2024
- Locator
- Key message 1
- Retrieved
- 27 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- manual:evidence-check-v1
- Checked on
- 26 September 2026
- Last revision
- 26 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_72MET24C3GTBAKBXD6Z9CWY737