World population · 1950–2100

World population by year

The world has about 8.3 billion people in 2026, +0.84% on 2025, more than three times the 2.49 billion of 1950. It is projected to reach 9 billion in 2037 and to peak at 10.29 billion in 2084, then edge down to 10.18 billion by 2100, on the UN's medium projection.

World population, 1950–2100

UN estimate
UN projection

10.2B 2026

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Year	World population
1950	2,493,092,848
1951	2,536,927,035
1952	2,584,086,339
1953	2,634,106,236
1954	2,685,894,860
1955	2,740,213,792
1956	2,795,409,994
1957	2,852,618,337
1958	2,911,249,670
1959	2,965,950,351
1960	3,015,470,894
1961	3,064,869,675
1962	3,123,374,315
1963	3,192,807,828
1964	3,264,487,339
1965	3,334,533,703
1966	3,404,041,125
1967	3,473,412,880
1968	3,545,187,251
1969	3,619,491,580
1970	3,694,683,794
1971	3,769,847,865
1972	3,844,917,680
1973	3,920,805,042
1974	3,996,416,096
1975	4,070,735,278
1976	4,144,246,378
1977	4,217,863,796
1978	4,292,097,502
1979	4,368,539,528
1980	4,447,606,236
1981	4,528,777,306
1982	4,612,673,421
1983	4,697,327,574
1984	4,782,175,519
1985	4,868,943,466
1986	4,958,072,838
1987	5,049,746,398
1988	5,141,992,542
1989	5,234,431,732
1990	5,327,803,110
1991	5,418,735,892
1992	5,505,989,816
1993	5,591,544,797
1994	5,675,551,256
1995	5,758,878,982
1996	5,842,055,734
1997	5,924,787,816
1998	6,007,066,690
1999	6,089,006,340
2000	6,171,702,994
2001	6,254,936,460
2002	6,337,730,342
2003	6,420,361,634
2004	6,503,377,772
2005	6,586,970,132
2006	6,671,452,016
2007	6,757,308,781
2008	6,844,457,662
2009	6,932,766,416
2010	7,021,732,148
2011	7,110,923,766
2012	7,201,202,484
2013	7,291,793,585
2014	7,381,616,244
2015	7,470,491,872
2016	7,558,554,526
2017	7,645,617,954
2018	7,729,902,780
2019	7,811,293,698
2020	7,887,001,292
2021	7,954,448,392
2022	8,021,407,192
2023	8,091,734,930
2024 *	8,161,972,572
2025 *	8,231,613,070
2026 *	8,300,678,396
2027 *	8,369,094,344
2028 *	8,436,618,886
2029 *	8,503,285,323
2030 *	8,569,124,911
2031 *	8,634,119,333
2032 *	8,698,229,812
2033 *	8,761,449,081
2034 *	8,823,784,909
2035 *	8,885,210,181
2036 *	8,945,686,614
2037 *	9,005,152,624
2038 *	9,063,572,926
2039 *	9,120,928,380
2040 *	9,177,190,203
2041 *	9,232,281,575
2042 *	9,286,110,371
2043 *	9,338,661,314
2044 *	9,389,873,693
2045 *	9,439,639,668
2046 *	9,487,889,604
2047 *	9,534,545,977
2048 *	9,579,536,043
2049 *	9,622,824,028
2050 *	9,664,378,587
2051 *	9,704,192,304
2052 *	9,742,264,515
2053 *	9,778,614,614
2054 *	9,813,251,659
2055 *	9,846,237,570
2056 *	9,877,680,392
2057 *	9,907,637,193
2058 *	9,936,164,379
2059 *	9,963,337,082
2060 *	9,989,232,292
2061 *	10,013,916,213
2062 *	10,037,466,600
2063 *	10,059,950,035
2064 *	10,081,402,737
2065 *	10,101,849,561
2066 *	10,121,317,108
2067 *	10,139,808,361
2068 *	10,157,301,941
2069 *	10,173,782,135
2070 *	10,189,241,959
2071 *	10,203,681,568
2072 *	10,217,055,169
2073 *	10,229,327,824
2074 *	10,240,485,056
2075 *	10,250,496,432
2076 *	10,259,351,432
2077 *	10,267,045,023
2078 *	10,273,556,322
2079 *	10,278,887,473
2080 *	10,283,078,028
2081 *	10,286,161,735
2082 *	10,288,205,050
2083 *	10,289,247,324
2084 *	10,289,315,244
2085 *	10,288,456,599
2086 *	10,286,708,360
2087 *	10,284,111,374
2088 *	10,280,704,572
2089 *	10,276,518,280
2090 *	10,271,565,070
2091 *	10,265,861,714
2092 *	10,259,408,375
2093 *	10,252,184,759
2094 *	10,244,185,837
2095 *	10,235,403,601
2096 *	10,225,850,874
2097 *	10,215,549,310
2098 *	10,204,489,862
2099 *	10,192,689,066
2100 *	10,180,160,751

* UN projection

Billion milestones

Population	Year reached	Years taken
1 billion	1804	–
2 billion	1927	123
3 billion	1960	33
4 billion	1974	14
5 billion	1986	12
6 billion	1998	12
7 billion	2010	12
8 billion	2022	12
9 billion	2037*	15
10 billion	2060*	23

1 and 2 billion: UN historical estimates. From 3 billion: WPP 2024, the year the 1 July series crosses the mark. The UN marked the days of 5, 6, 7 and 8 billion on 11 July 1987, 12 October 1999, 31 October 2011 and 15 November 2022; its revised estimates put the first three about a year earlier. * Projection.

Population by continent

Region	2026	Share	2000	2050*	2100*
Asia	4.86 billion	58.6%	3.75 billion	5.28 billion	4.61 billion
Africa	1.58 billion	19.1%	831 million	2.47 billion	3.81 billion
Europe	743 million	9.0%	728 million	703 million	592 million
Latin America and the Caribbean	672 million	8.1%	521 million	730 million	613 million
Northern America	390 million	4.7%	312 million	427 million	475 million
Oceania	47.1 million	0.6%	31.4 million	57.7 million	72.9 million

UN regions. * Projection. Every country, by continent

World population by year, 1950–2026

1 July of each year. UN estimates to 2023; * later years are projections.

Year	Population	Yearly change	Net change	Births	Deaths	Median age	Fertility	Per km²
2026*	8,300,678,396	+0.84%	+69,065,326	132,503,469	63,637,314	31.1	2.23	64
2025*	8,231,613,070	+0.85%	+69,640,498	132,399,173	63,135,984	30.9	2.24	63
2024*	8,161,972,572	+0.87%	+70,237,642	132,405,927	62,389,498	30.6	2.25	63
2023	8,091,734,930	+0.88%	+70,327,738	132,110,264	61,651,608	30.4	2.25	62
2022	8,021,407,192	+0.84%	+66,958,800	132,475,391	62,278,627	30.1	2.27	62
2021	7,954,448,392	+0.86%	+67,447,100	133,448,839	69,728,100	29.8	2.29	61
2020	7,887,001,292	+0.97%	+75,707,594	134,719,611	63,546,315	29.6	2.32	61
2019	7,811,293,698	+1.05%	+81,390,918	138,596,791	58,354,932	29.3	2.40	60
2018	7,729,902,780	+1.10%	+84,284,826	140,332,732	57,792,804	29.0	2.44	59
2017	7,645,617,954	+1.15%	+87,063,428	143,601,801	57,572,254	28.8	2.50	59
2016	7,558,554,526	+1.18%	+88,062,654	144,854,100	56,756,911	28.5	2.54	58
2015	7,470,491,872	+1.20%	+88,875,628	144,333,945	56,305,968	28.3	2.54	57
2014	7,381,616,244	+1.23%	+89,822,659	145,268,255	55,545,318	28.1	2.56	57
2013	7,291,793,585	+1.26%	+90,591,101	145,014,783	55,092,621	27.8	2.57	56
2012	7,201,202,484	+1.27%	+90,278,718	146,054,881	54,794,788	27.6	2.61	55
2011	7,110,923,766	+1.27%	+89,191,618	143,878,789	54,581,439	27.4	2.59	55
2010	7,021,732,148	+1.28%	+88,965,732	143,354,237	54,268,588	27.2	2.60	54
2009	6,932,766,416	+1.29%	+88,308,754	142,968,320	54,122,622	27.0	2.62	53
2008	6,844,457,662	+1.29%	+87,148,881	141,758,720	53,987,020	26.7	2.63	53
2007	6,757,308,781	+1.29%	+85,856,765	139,935,794	53,410,047	26.5	2.62	52
2006	6,671,452,016	+1.28%	+84,481,884	138,469,296	53,281,776	26.3	2.62	51
2005	6,586,970,132	+1.29%	+83,592,360	137,166,462	53,390,436	26.1	2.63	51
2004	6,503,377,772	+1.29%	+83,016,138	136,596,328	53,187,802	25.9	2.65	50
2003	6,420,361,634	+1.30%	+82,631,292	135,700,801	53,077,072	25.7	2.66	49
2002	6,337,730,342	+1.32%	+82,793,882	135,396,478	52,757,535	25.5	2.68	49
2001	6,254,936,460	+1.35%	+83,233,466	135,379,993	52,431,244	25.3	2.71	48
2000	6,171,702,994	+1.36%	+82,696,654	135,758,482	52,240,368	25.1	2.75	47
1999	6,089,006,340	+1.36%	+81,939,650	134,058,675	52,183,582	24.9	2.75	47
1998	6,007,066,690	+1.39%	+82,278,874	133,857,525	51,853,502	24.7	2.78	46
1997	5,924,787,816	+1.42%	+82,732,082	133,985,669	51,432,010	24.4	2.81	45
1996	5,842,055,734	+1.44%	+83,176,752	134,321,023	51,410,955	24.2	2.85	45
1995	5,758,878,982	+1.47%	+83,327,726	134,850,043	51,406,890	24.0	2.89	44
1994	5,675,551,256	+1.50%	+84,006,459	135,142,908	51,930,609	23.7	2.93	44
1993	5,591,544,797	+1.55%	+85,554,981	135,632,145	50,831,804	23.5	2.98	43
1992	5,505,989,816	+1.61%	+87,253,924	136,591,255	50,281,874	23.3	3.04	42
1991	5,418,735,892	+1.71%	+90,932,782	138,306,865	50,108,433	23.1	3.13	42
1990	5,327,803,110	+1.78%	+93,371,378	143,461,425	49,794,345	22.9	3.31	41
1989	5,234,431,732	+1.80%	+92,439,190	142,249,031	49,178,262	22.8	3.35	40
1988	5,141,992,542	+1.83%	+92,246,144	140,985,956	49,183,183	22.6	3.39	39
1987	5,049,746,398	+1.85%	+91,673,560	141,346,561	48,657,012	22.4	3.48	39
1986	4,958,072,838	+1.83%	+89,129,372	139,301,162	48,643,611	22.2	3.50	38
1985	4,868,943,466	+1.81%	+86,767,947	136,373,957	48,772,812	22.0	3.51	37
1984	4,782,175,519	+1.81%	+84,847,945	134,365,258	48,430,624	21.9	3.55	37
1983	4,697,327,574	+1.84%	+84,654,153	131,967,708	48,206,575	21.8	3.58	36
1982	4,612,673,421	+1.85%	+83,896,115	133,206,504	47,659,342	21.7	3.71	35
1981	4,528,777,306	+1.83%	+81,171,070	129,715,837	47,470,794	21.6	3.71	35
1980	4,447,606,236	+1.81%	+79,066,708	127,446,984	47,349,925	21.5	3.74	34
1979	4,368,539,528	+1.78%	+76,442,026	125,000,293	46,963,884	21.3	3.77	34
1978	4,292,097,502	+1.76%	+74,233,706	122,140,645	47,293,143	21.1	3.79	33
1977	4,217,863,796	+1.78%	+73,617,418	120,786,521	47,166,794	21.0	3.85	32
1976	4,144,246,378	+1.81%	+73,511,100	121,322,351	47,707,255	20.8	3.97	32
1975	4,070,735,278	+1.86%	+74,319,182	121,030,095	47,622,994	20.7	4.08	31
1974	3,996,416,096	+1.93%	+75,611,054	122,709,409	47,478,097	20.5	4.26	31
1973	3,920,805,042	+1.97%	+75,887,362	123,563,931	47,573,276	20.4	4.42	30
1972	3,844,917,680	+1.99%	+75,069,815	123,554,018	47,770,222	20.4	4.54	30
1971	3,769,847,865	+2.03%	+75,164,071	123,739,681	49,384,109	20.3	4.68	29
1970	3,694,683,794	+2.08%	+75,192,214	124,135,907	48,163,467	20.3	4.83	28
1969	3,619,491,580	+2.10%	+74,304,329	122,227,965	47,815,953	20.3	4.87	28
1968	3,545,187,251	+2.07%	+71,774,371	121,825,890	47,629,246	20.4	4.96	27
1967	3,473,412,880	+2.04%	+69,371,755	116,920,266	47,568,793	20.5	4.85	27
1966	3,404,041,125	+2.08%	+69,507,422	117,232,950	47,841,523	20.6	4.96	26
1965	3,334,533,703	+2.15%	+70,046,364	117,837,004	48,213,550	20.8	5.07	26
1964	3,264,487,339	+2.25%	+71,679,511	117,292,200	46,822,882	21.0	5.12	25
1963	3,192,807,828	+2.22%	+69,433,513	119,802,888	46,913,208	21.2	5.31	25
1962	3,123,374,315	+1.91%	+58,504,640	112,038,714	46,061,446	21.4	5.02	24
1961	3,064,869,675	+1.64%	+49,398,781	100,950,944	49,918,925	21.4	4.57	24
1960	3,015,470,894	+1.67%	+49,520,543	102,378,083	54,612,440	21.5	4.70	23
1959	2,965,950,351	+1.88%	+54,700,681	101,999,844	50,724,513	21.5	4.74	23
1958	2,911,249,670	+2.06%	+58,631,333	104,644,163	46,518,263	21.5	4.93	22
1957	2,852,618,337	+2.05%	+57,208,343	106,017,733	46,880,774	21.6	5.07	22
1956	2,795,409,994	+2.01%	+55,196,202	101,759,013	46,479,062	21.7	4.93	21
1955	2,740,213,792	+2.02%	+54,318,932	101,747,972	46,635,655	21.8	5.00	21
1954	2,685,894,860	+1.97%	+51,788,624	100,187,854	46,662,428	21.9	5.00	21
1953	2,634,106,236	+1.94%	+50,019,897	97,291,452	47,239,575	22.0	4.92	20
1952	2,584,086,339	+1.86%	+47,159,304	97,371,459	47,383,364	22.1	5.00	20
1951	2,536,927,035	+1.76%	+43,834,187	92,507,128	48,176,162	22.1	4.82	19
1950	2,493,092,848	–	–	91,823,936	48,486,892	22.2	4.85	19

World population forecast, 2027–2100

UN medium-variant projection: every year to 2050, then every five years.

Year	Population	Yearly change	Net change	Births	Deaths	Median age	Fertility	Per km²
2027	8,369,094,344	+0.82%	+68,415,948	132,590,971	64,625,684	31.3	2.22	64
2028	8,436,618,886	+0.81%	+67,524,542	132,761,183	65,677,933	31.6	2.21	65
2029	8,503,285,323	+0.79%	+66,666,437	132,988,654	66,739,327	31.8	2.20	65
2030	8,569,124,911	+0.77%	+65,839,588	133,256,397	67,826,883	32.0	2.20	66
2031	8,634,119,333	+0.76%	+64,994,422	133,513,402	68,954,190	32.2	2.19	66
2032	8,698,229,812	+0.74%	+64,110,479	133,764,794	70,103,040	32.4	2.18	67
2033	8,761,449,081	+0.73%	+63,219,269	134,065,211	71,288,509	32.6	2.17	67
2034	8,823,784,909	+0.71%	+62,335,828	134,381,002	72,486,091	32.8	2.16	68
2035	8,885,210,181	+0.70%	+61,425,272	134,669,241	73,713,697	33.0	2.15	68
2036	8,945,686,614	+0.68%	+60,476,433	134,945,606	74,948,334	33.2	2.15	69
2037	9,005,152,624	+0.66%	+59,466,010	135,140,994	76,206,085	33.4	2.14	69
2038	9,063,572,926	+0.65%	+58,420,302	135,355,315	77,449,621	33.6	2.13	70
2039	9,120,928,380	+0.63%	+57,355,454	135,515,309	78,710,135	33.8	2.13	70
2040	9,177,190,203	+0.62%	+56,261,823	135,668,984	79,950,500	34.0	2.13	70
2041	9,232,281,575	+0.60%	+55,091,372	135,672,675	81,208,612	34.2	2.12	71
2042	9,286,110,371	+0.58%	+53,828,796	135,635,914	82,442,508	34.4	2.12	71
2043	9,338,661,314	+0.57%	+52,550,943	135,580,927	83,672,377	34.6	2.12	72
2044	9,389,873,693	+0.55%	+51,212,379	135,406,650	84,890,474	34.8	2.12	72
2045	9,439,639,668	+0.53%	+49,765,975	135,108,935	86,093,328	35.0	2.12	72
2046	9,487,889,604	+0.51%	+48,249,936	134,763,860	87,281,955	35.2	2.11	73
2047	9,534,545,977	+0.49%	+46,656,373	134,270,884	88,448,277	35.4	2.11	73
2048	9,579,536,043	+0.47%	+44,990,066	133,752,123	89,606,970	35.6	2.11	74
2049	9,622,824,028	+0.45%	+43,287,985	133,163,337	90,746,284	35.8	2.10	74
2050	9,664,378,587	+0.43%	+41,554,559	132,555,180	91,876,624	36.1	2.10	74
2055	9,846,237,570	+0.34%	+32,985,911	129,484,557	97,293,117	37.1	2.07	76
2060	9,989,232,292	+0.26%	+25,895,210	127,431,153	102,156,931	37.9	2.03	77
2065	10,101,849,561	+0.20%	+20,446,824	126,218,349	106,272,787	38.5	2.00	78
2070	10,189,241,959	+0.15%	+15,459,824	124,986,379	110,034,875	39.0	1.97	78
2075	10,250,496,432	+0.10%	+10,011,376	123,139,810	113,706,800	39.5	1.94	79
2080	10,283,078,028	+0.04%	+4,190,555	120,554,863	116,924,254	40.1	1.92	79
2085	10,288,456,599	−0.01%	−858,645	117,622,288	118,940,918	40.6	1.90	79
2090	10,271,565,070	−0.05%	−4,953,210	114,804,559	120,136,082	41.2	1.88	79
2095	10,235,403,601	−0.09%	−8,782,236	112,282,193	121,464,647	41.7	1.86	79
2100	10,180,160,751	−0.12%	−12,528,315	110,028,472	122,922,340	42.1	1.84	78

Yearly change after 2050 is for the single year to 1 July.

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Questions

What is the world population in 2026?

8,300,678,396 on 1 July 2026, the UN's World Population Prospects 2024 projection: 8.3 billion people, +69,065,326 in a year.

What was the world population in 2000?

6,171,702,994 (6.17 billion) on 1 July 2000. It has grown by 34% since.

What was the world population in 1950?

2,493,092,848 (2.49 billion), the first year of the UN's annual series.

What will the world population be in 2050?

About 9.66 billion on the UN's medium projection (9,664,378,587), and 10.18 billion in 2100.

When will the world population reach 9 billion?

In 2037, on the UN's medium projection, 11 years from now.

When will the world population peak?

In 2084, at about 10.29 billion, on the UN's medium projection; it then declines slowly to 10.18 billion by 2100. Falling fertility (2.23 births per woman in 2026) drives the slowdown.

How many people are born and die each day?

About 362,782 births and 174,233 deaths a day in 2026, so the world adds roughly 188,549 people a day.

Which continent has the most people?

Asia, with 4.86 billion (58.6% of the world), then Africa with 1.58 billion. Asia is projected to be the largest by 2100.

Source and method

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant. Figures for 1950–2023 are UN estimates; later years are the medium-variant projection. Density is people per km² of land. Reuse under CC BY 3.0 IGO. How we use the data.