Total World Population In Billion 2024. But after a period of very fast population growth, demographers expect the world population to peak by the end of this century. As of 1 january 2024, the population of the world was estimated to be 8,147,701,969.

In its 2022 publication, the un estimated that, in its medium scenario, the global population would peak in 2086 at around 10.4 billion people. To learn more about world population projections, go to notes on the world.