World Population: has reached 7 billion on October 31, 2011. is projected to reach 8 billion in 2023, 9 billion in 2037, and 10 billion people in the year 2055.

Accelerating population growth. Around 1804, the world population reached 1 billion people. In 1927, the 2 billion mark was made. And then, the world population really took off. In the following 84 years, the world population grew by 5 billion people reaching 7 billion in 2011. And the growth continues. By 2023, world population reaches 8 billion people.

Increase In Population Live: Global population increases by 2.5 people per second • Per minute: 150 people • Per day: 216,000 people • Per Year: 78 million people According to global statistics, the world population on earth increases by 2.5 people every second.

Below are the key figures for the world population in 2021: 158,184,357 live births; 61,567,323 deaths; 4,010,264,467 males as of 31 December 2021; 3,937,854,054 females as of 31 December 2021; 4,291,984,001 people live in urban areas (54 % of total world population) 3,656,134,520 people live in rural areas (46 % of total world population)

Population in the world is currently at 7.5 billion as of 2017 and growing at a rate of around 1.11% per year. Population is expected to keep growing and estimates at 8.4 billion by 2030 and 9.6 billion by mid-2050. Annual population growth rate reached its peak in the late 1960s, when it was at 2% and above.

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