# Population in World

Population in World was 8.22 billion in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `world`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/world
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/world.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=world

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 8,215,424,893 |
| 2024 | 8,140,897,523 |
| 2023 | 8,062,923,417 |
| 2022 | 7,988,550,201 |
| 2021 | 7,919,567,995 |
| 2020 | 7,853,863,139 |
| 2019 | 7,777,162,476 |
| 2018 | 7,696,159,728 |
| 2017 | 7,613,788,655 |
| 2016 | 7,528,221,579 |
| 2015 | 7,441,084,771 |
| 2014 | 7,353,532,223 |
| 2013 | 7,265,404,737 |
| 2012 | 7,176,482,165 |
| 2011 | 7,086,704,141 |
| 2010 | 7,000,860,073 |
| 2009 | 6,916,168,196 |
| 2008 | 6,830,080,867 |
| 2007 | 6,744,049,498 |
| 2006 | 6,659,536,021 |
| 2005 | 6,575,410,029 |
| 2004 | 6,492,354,627 |
| 2003 | 6,409,352,386 |
| 2002 | 6,327,171,255 |
| 2001 | 6,244,739,668 |
| 2000 | 6,161,528,496 |
| 1999 | 6,078,069,822 |
| 1998 | 5,993,730,786 |
| 1997 | 5,908,180,322 |
| 1996 | 5,822,327,903 |
| 1995 | 5,736,205,135 |
| 1994 | 5,650,534,421 |
| 1993 | 5,564,459,142 |
| 1992 | 5,476,822,930 |
| 1991 | 5,388,203,305 |
| 1990 | 5,298,962,018 |
| 1989 | 5,207,378,374 |
| 1988 | 5,116,898,810 |
| 1987 | 5,026,770,385 |
| 1986 | 4,937,459,951 |
| 1985 | 4,850,494,238 |
| 1984 | 4,765,813,206 |
| 1983 | 4,682,734,714 |
| 1982 | 4,599,385,851 |
| 1981 | 4,516,792,587 |
| 1980 | 4,437,473,406 |
| 1979 | 4,359,930,896 |
| 1978 | 4,283,309,396 |
| 1977 | 4,208,840,894 |
| 1976 | 4,135,644,231 |
| 1975 | 4,061,959,945 |
| 1974 | 3,987,186,772 |
| 1973 | 3,910,964,219 |
| 1972 | 3,834,345,191 |
| 1971 | 3,758,515,396 |
| 1970 | 3,680,493,750 |
| 1969 | 3,604,694,154 |
| 1968 | 3,530,576,858 |
| 1967 | 3,458,932,230 |
| 1966 | 3,389,042,165 |
| 1965 | 3,318,979,339 |
| 1964 | 3,251,249,170 |
| 1963 | 3,184,063,049 |
| 1962 | 3,117,372,187 |
| 1961 | 3,062,768,116 |
| 1960 | 3,021,512,598 |