Worldometer - real time world statistics (original) (raw)
World Population
World Population:
- reached 8 billion in 2022, according to United Nations estimates.
- is projected to reach 9 billion in 2037, and 10 billion in 2060.
- has doubled in 40 years from 1959 (3 billion) to 1999 (6 billion).
- is currently (2025) growing at a rate of around 0.85% per year, adding around 70 million people per year to the total.
- growth rate reached its peak in the late 1960s, when it was at 2.09%.
- growth rate is currently declining and is projected to continue to decline in the coming years (reaching below 0.50% by 2047, reach 0 in 2084, and decline by -0.12% in 2100) .
- a tremendous change occurred with the industrial revolution: whereas it had taken all of human history up to the year 1800 for world population to reach 1 billion, the second billion was achieved in only 130 years (1930), the third billion in 30 years (1960), the fourth billion in 15 years (1974), the fifth billion in 13 years (1987), the sixth billion in 11 years (1998), the seventh billion and eighth billion in 12 years each (2010 and 2022). During the 20th century alone, the population in the world has grown from 1.65 billion to 6 billion.
Sources for the world population counter:
- World Population Prospect: the 2024 Revision - United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024)
- International Programs Center at the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
For more detailed information:
- World Population (Worldometer)
"this year" = from January 1 (00:00) up to now
"today" = from the beginning of the current day up to now
"net population growth" = births minus deaths
Society & Media
Sources and info:
- Display Search - worldwide leader in display market research
Sources and info:
- Internet Live Stats
Food
Sources and info:
- Hunger Stats - United Nations World Food Programme
- World Health Report - World Health Organization (WHO)
- The State of the World's Children - United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Sources and info:
- Annual Medical Spending Attributable To Obesity: Payer-And Service-Specific Estimates
by:
RTI International
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - US Dept of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - America's Health Rankings (report by the United Health Foundation, the American Public Health Association and Partnership for Prevention)
- The U.S. Weight Loss & Diet Control Market - MarketData Enterprises, Inc., March 2023 Status Report
- America's Health Rankings (report by the United Health Foundation, the American Public Health Association and Partnership for Prevention)
Water
Energy
Sources and info:
- Renewables Global Status Report - REN21
Sources and info:
World Proved Reserves of Oil and Natural Gas, Most Recent Estimates - Energy Information Administration (EIA) - Data from BP Statistical Review, Oil & Gas Journal, World Oil, BP Statistical Review, CEDIGAZ, and Oil & Gas Journal."
Boe = barrel of oil equivalent
Sources and info:
- World Proved Reserves of Oil and Natural Gas, Most Recent Estimates - Energy Information Administration (EIA) - Data from BP Statistical Review, Oil & Gas Journal, World Oil, BP Statistical Review, CEDIGAZ, and Oil & Gas Journal."