The chart above illustrates how world population has changed throughout history. View the full tabulated data. At the dawn of agriculture, about B. Over the 8,year period up to 1 A.
A tremendous change occurred with the industrial revolution: whereas it had taken all of human history until around for world population to reach one billion , the second billion was achieved in only years , the third billion in 30 years , the fourth billion in 15 years , and the fifth billion in only 13 years Wonder how big was the world's population when you were born?
Check out this simple wizard or this more elaborated one to find out. Population in the world is growing at a rate of around 0. The current population increase is estimated at around 70 million people per year. The rate of increase has nearly halved since then, and will continue to decline in the coming years. World population will therefore continue to grow in the 21st century, but at a much slower rate compared to the recent past.
The latest world population projections indicate that world population will reach 10 billion persons in the year and View the complete population historical table. View population projections for all years up to The current world population is 8,,, as of Friday, January 31, according to the most recent United Nations estimates [ 1 ] elaborated by Worldometer.
The term "World Population" refers to the human population the total number of humans currently living of the world. World population has reached 8 billion people in the first half of , according to the United Nations after being previously estimated to occur on November 15, The U.
