

7 Billion (2010) According to the latest revision by the United Nations (released in 2022), world population reached 7 Billion in late 2010 (this was previously estimated as occurring on October 31, 2011). World population has reached 8 billion people on Novemaccording to the United Nations. World population is expected to reach 9 billion in the year 2037. The United Nations projects world population to reach 10 billion in the year 2058. Wonder how big was the world's population when you were born?Ĭheck out this simple wizard or this more elaborated one to find out. Because of declining growth rates, it will now take over 200 years to double again.In 1970, there were roughly half as many people in the world as there are now.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS FONT FULL
View the full tabulated data.Īt the dawn of agriculture, about 8000 B.C., the population of the world was approximately 5 million. The chart above illustrates how world population has changed throughout history.
