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World · live estimate

World population right now

World population right now

8,324,197,993

Births today
0
Deaths today
0
Births this year
111,184,526
Births minus deaths this year
+57,786,040

8,300,678,396 people on 1 July 2026, the UN’s projection: 69,065,326 more than a year ago (+0.84%), about 188,549 more every day. The counter spreads that change across the year; it is an estimate, not a count. UN projection

The world this year, live

Annual totals spread evenly across the year: estimates, not measurements.

  • CO₂ emitted in 2026 so far

    32,388,320,546 t

    At the 2024 rate of 38.6 billion tonnes a year, fossil fuels and industry.

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  • CO₂ emitted today

    50,447,818 t

    4.73 t per person a year, worldwide.

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  • World GDP produced in 2026 so far

    $107,408,804,370,766

    At the IMF’s 2026 projection of $128 trillion.

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  • World GDP produced today

    $167,299,189,962

    $15,421 per person a year.

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Who is growing, who is shrinking

Every country, 2026. Switch the view; tap a country for its page.

World map of population growth, 2026

Tap a country for its figures.

Orange countries are losing people, teal ones are growing; the darker, the faster.

Population growth, % a year

−1.0%−0.5%0.0%+0.5%+1.5%+2.5%

Orange: fewer than 2.1 children per woman, too few to keep the population stable without migration. Teal: more.

Children per woman

1.31.62.12.53.54.5

Half the people are older than the median age. Darker = older population (Japan, Europe); lighter = younger (Africa).

Median age, years

202530354045

Darker = more people. The darkest countries have over 200 million (India, China, the US, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Brazil). Grey: no data.

Number of people

2M7M15M35M80M200M

  • Shrinking

    40 countries are losing people

    Including China, Russia, Japan, Germany. China alone has 3,182,005 fewer people than a year ago.

    Growth by country →

  • Fertility

    Hong Kong: 0.75 children per woman

    The lowest fertility rate on Earth, against the 2.1 a population needs to replace itself. 73% of the world now lives in a country below that level.

    Fertility rate by country →

  • Ageing

    Japan: median age 50.2

    The oldest population of any large country. Worldwide, 10.6% of people are 65 or older today; by 2050, 16.3%.

    Median age by country →

  • India and China

    India leads China by 63.7 million

    India overtook China in 2023 and the gap widens to 79.5 million next year: India is still growing (+0.86%), China shrinking (−0.22%).

    India’s population →

  • Growth

    Somalia grows fastest

    +3.24% a year, the fastest of any country of 10 million or more; it has 5.8 children per woman and a median age of 16.

    Somalia →

  • The peak

    10.29 billion in 2084

    The UN projects the world’s population to peak in 2084 and then edge down, to 10.18 billion in 2100.

    Every country →

The world economy, 2026

GDP by country →

$128 trillion in all, on the IMF’s figures.

GDP per capita by countryRichest countries in the worldGDP growth rate by countryInflation rate by countryUnemployment rate by countryGovernment debt by country

The 20 most populous countries

All 237 countries →
Most populous countries, 2026
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1 India1,476,625,576+0.86%
2 China1,412,914,089−0.22%
3 United States349,035,494+0.49%
4 Indonesia287,886,782+0.74%
5 Pakistan259,299,792+1.59%
6 Nigeria242,431,832+2.03%
7 Brazil213,562,666+0.34%
8 Bangladesh177,818,044+1.19%
9 Russia143,394,458−0.23%
10 Ethiopia138,902,185+2.48%
11 Mexico132,997,658+0.78%
12 Japan122,427,731−0.56%
13 Egypt120,101,175+1.44%
14 Philippines117,724,472+0.79%
15 DR Congo116,452,162+3.13%
16 Vietnam102,177,431+0.55%
17 Iran93,168,497+0.76%
18 Turkey87,926,082+0.30%
19 Germany83,644,258−0.23%
20 Tanzania72,563,780+2.79%

Where the world lives

Population by region, 2026 and 2050 (projection).

  • Asia4.86 billion · 58.6% of the world · 2050: 5.28 billion
  • Africa1.58 billion · 19.1% of the world · 2050: 2.47 billion
  • Europe743 million · 9.0% of the world · 2050: 703 million
  • Latin America and the Caribbean672 million · 8.1% of the world · 2050: 730 million
  • Northern America390 million · 4.7% of the world · 2050: 427 million
  • Oceania47.1 million · 0.6% of the world · 2050: 57.7 million

Explore the world in numbers

Every country ranked, with a map and the full list.

Population

Economy

Environment

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Air quality right now

Hourly AQI and a 48-hour forecast for Indian cities (with CPCB’s official bulletin) and hundreds of cities worldwide.

All air quality →

India · National AQI

World · US EPA AQI

India in depth

Every state, district and city of India

Census 2011 on today’s boundaries, official projections, and 700+ district pages, in English, Hindi and Marathi.

India’s populationहिंदीमराठी

Questions

What is the world population right now?
About 8.3 billion: the UN projects 8,300,678,396 people on 1 July 2026, 69,065,326 more than a year earlier (+0.84%). The counter above spreads that change across the year, second by second.

How many people are born and die every day?
About 362,782 births and 174,233 deaths a day in 2026, so the world adds roughly 188,549 people a day.

When will the world population peak?
On the UN’s medium projection, in 2084 at about 10.29 billion, followed by a slow decline to 10.18 billion in 2100.

Which country has the largest population?
India, with 1.48 billion in 2026, ahead of China (1.41 billion) since 2023. Then come United States (349 million), Indonesia (288 million), Pakistan (259 million).

Which countries have shrinking populations?
40 countries of a million people or more are shrinking in 2026, the largest being China, Russia, Japan, Germany, Thailand, Italy.

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant. Estimates to 2023, medium-variant projections after. How we use the data.