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Population010,000,00025,000,00050,000,00075,000,000100,000,000200,000,0001,000,000,000


Live Population: 7,920,134,817




2021 WORLD POPULATION BY COUNTRY

The current US Census Bureau world population estimate in June 2019 shows that
the current global population is 7,577,130,400 people on earth, which far
exceeds the world population of 7.2 billion from 2015. Our own estimate based on
UN data shows the world's population surpassing 7.7 billion.

China is the most populous country in the world with a population exceeding 1.4
billion. It is one of just two countries with a population of more than 1
billion, with India being the second. As of 2018, India has a population of over
1.355 billion people, and its population growth is expected to continue through
at least 2050. By the year 2030, the country of India is expected to become the
most populous country in the world. This is because India’s population will
grow, while China is projected to see a loss in population.

The next 11 countries that are the most populous in the world each have
populations exceeding 100 million. These include the United States, Indonesia,
Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia, Mexico, Japan, Ethiopia, and the
Philippines. Of these nations, all are expected to continue to grow except
Russia and Japan, which will see their populations drop by 2030 before falling
again significantly by 2050.

Many other nations have populations of at least one million, while there are
also countries that have just thousands. The smallest population in the world
can be found in Vatican City, where only 801 people reside.

In 2018, the world’s population growth rate was 1.12%. Every five years since
the 1970s, the population growth rate has continued to fall. The world’s
population is expected to continue to grow larger but at a much slower pace. By
2030, the population will exceed 8 billion. In 2040, this number will grow to
more than 9 billion. In 2055, the number will rise to over 10 billion, and
another billion people won’t be added until near the end of the century. The
current annual population growth estimates from the United Nations are in the
millions - estimating that over 80 million new lives are added each year.

This population growth will be significantly impacted by nine specific countries
which are situated to contribute to the population growth more quickly than
other nations. These nations include the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Uganda, the United Republic of
Tanzania, and the United States of America. Particularly of interest, India is
on track to overtake China's position as the most populous country by the year
2030. Additionally, multiple nations within Africa are expected to double their
populations before fertility rates begin to slow entirely.

Global life expectancy has also improved in recent years, increasing the overall
population life expectancy at birth to just over 70 years of age. The projected
global life expectancy is only expected to continue to improve - reaching nearly
77 years of age by the year 2050. Significant factors impacting the data on life
expectancy include the projections of the ability to reduce AIDS/HIV impact, as
well as reducing the rates of infectious and non-communicable diseases.

Population aging has a massive impact on the ability of the population to
maintain what is called a support ratio. One key finding from 2017 is that the
majority of the world is going to face considerable growth in the 60 plus age
bracket. This will put enormous strain on the younger age groups as the elderly
population is becoming so vast without the number of births to maintain a
healthy support ratio.

Although the number given above seems very precise, it is important to remember
that it is just an estimate. It simply isn't possible to be sure exactly how
many people there are on the earth at any one time, and there are conflicting
estimates of the global population in 2016.

Some, including the UN, believe that a population of 7 billion was reached in
October 2011. Others, including the US Census Bureau and World Bank, believe
that the total population of the world reached 7 billion in 2012, around March
or April.




WORLD POPULATION CLOCK

World Population (as of 1/23/2022)7,920,134,817Last UN Estimate (July 1,
2021)7,874,965,825Births per Day382,865Deaths per Day163,925Net Change per Day
218,940Population Change Since Jan. 184,729,780

 * Net increase of 1 person every 0.39 seconds

 * Population estimates based on interpolation of data from World Population
   Prospects


WORLD POPULATION ESTIMATOR

Estimate as of January 23, 2022 is: 8,075,062,553


WORLD POPULATION CLOCK

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Flag Country 2021 (Live) 2020 Population Area Density (km²) Growth Rate World %
Rank China1,446,943,4941,439,323,7769,706,961
km²149/km²0.34%18.34%1India1,400,972,6881,380,004,3853,287,590
km²424/km²0.97%17.69%2United States334,009,535331,002,6519,372,610
km²36/km²0.58%4.23%3Indonesia277,965,618273,523,6151,904,569
km²145/km²1.04%3.51%4Pakistan227,616,831220,892,340881,912
km²255/km²1.95%2.86%5Brazil214,797,005212,559,4178,515,767
km²25/km²0.67%2.72%6Nigeria214,374,839206,139,589923,768
km²229/km²2.55%2.68%7Bangladesh167,207,125164,689,383147,570
km²1,127/km²0.98%2.11%8Russia145,900,472145,934,46217,098,242
km²9/km²-0.02%1.85%9Mexico131,012,557128,932,7531,964,375
km²66/km²1.03%1.65%10Japan125,813,138126,476,461377,930
km²334/km²-0.34%1.60%11Ethiopia119,517,198114,963,5881,104,300
km²107/km²2.53%1.50%12Philippines111,876,063109,581,078342,353
km²324/km²1.34%1.41%13Egypt105,342,267102,334,4041,002,450
km²104/km²1.88%1.32%14Vietnam98,635,08897,338,579331,212
km²296/km²0.85%1.25%15DR Congo93,967,59389,561,4032,344,858
km²39/km²3.14%1.17%16Turkey85,465,87584,339,067783,562
km²109/km²0.83%1.08%17Iran85,601,46983,992,9491,648,195
km²52/km²1.23%1.08%18Germany83,972,47483,783,942357,114
km²235/km²0.14%1.07%19Thailand70,035,84969,799,978513,120
km²136/km²0.22%0.89%20United Kingdom68,392,79367,886,011242,900
km²281/km²0.47%0.87%21France65,516,12965,273,511551,695
km²119/km²0.23%0.83%22Tanzania62,494,90359,734,218945,087
km²65/km²2.95%0.78%23Italy60,322,50260,461,826301,336
km²200/km²-0.16%0.77%24South Africa60,456,05359,308,6901,221,037
km²49/km²1.24%0.76%25Kenya55,672,90953,771,296580,367
km²95/km²2.26%0.70%26Myanmar55,027,79354,409,800676,578
km²81/km²0.73%0.70%27South Korea51,330,14951,269,185100,210
km²512/km²0.07%0.65%28Colombia51,494,02050,882,8911,141,748
km²45/km²0.75%0.65%29Uganda47,907,50045,741,007241,550
km²195/km²3.02%0.60%30Spain46,737,17046,754,778505,992
km²92/km²-0.02%0.59%31Argentina45,837,09745,195,7742,780,400
km²16/km²0.91%0.58%32Sudan45,506,20143,849,2601,886,068
km²24/km²2.42%0.57%33Algeria45,042,85643,851,0442,381,741
km²19/km²1.75%0.57%34Ukraine43,318,69043,733,762603,500
km²72/km²-0.61%0.55%35Iraq41,726,27240,222,493438,317
km²94/km²2.38%0.52%36Afghanistan40,351,61038,928,346652,230
km²61/km²2.33%0.51%37Canada38,252,96137,742,1549,984,670
km²4/km²0.86%0.48%38Poland37,765,85337,846,611312,679
km²121/km²-0.13%0.48%39Morocco37,588,65136,910,560446,550
km²84/km²1.18%0.47%40Saudi Arabia35,645,60634,813,8712,149,690
km²16/km²1.51%0.45%41Uzbekistan34,196,33033,469,203447,400
km²76/km²1.39%0.43%42Angola34,539,12332,866,2721,246,700
km²27/km²3.25%0.43%43Peru33,577,27932,971,8541,285,216
km²26/km²1.18%0.42%44Malaysia33,005,19532,365,999330,803
km²99/km²1.27%0.42%45Mozambique32,673,86531,255,435801,590
km²40/km²2.90%0.41%46Ghana32,104,10231,072,940238,533
km²133/km²2.12%0.40%47Yemen30,865,70729,825,964527,968
km²58/km²2.23%0.39%48Nepal29,948,48429,136,808147,181
km²202/km²1.85%0.38%49Venezuela28,836,99128,435,940916,445
km²31/km²0.95%0.36%50Madagascar28,842,41927,691,018587,041
km²48/km²2.66%0.36%51Cameroon27,607,37826,545,863475,442
km²57/km²2.56%0.35%52Ivory Coast27,434,06026,378,274322,463
km²84/km²2.56%0.34%53North Korea25,947,48925,778,816120,538
km²215/km²0.42%0.33%54Australia25,952,64225,499,8847,692,024
km²3/km²1.13%0.33%55Niger25,654,42624,206,6441,267,000
km²20/km²3.82%0.32%56Taiwan23,876,87923,816,77536,193 km²659/km²0.16%0.30%57Sri
Lanka21,544,96721,413,24965,610 km²328/km²0.39%0.27%58Burkina
Faso21,832,96520,903,273272,967
km²79/km²2.84%0.27%59Mali21,197,17420,250,8331,240,192
km²17/km²2.99%0.26%60Malawi19,940,22819,129,952118,484
km²166/km²2.71%0.25%61Chile19,272,60319,116,201756,102
km²25/km²0.50%0.24%62Romania19,065,05619,237,691238,391
km²80/km²-0.57%0.24%63Kazakhstan19,117,71518,776,7072,724,900
km²7/km²1.16%0.24%64Zambia19,224,54218,383,955752,612
km²25/km²2.92%0.24%65Syria18,630,34517,500,658185,180
km²99/km²4.43%0.23%66Guatemala18,438,01317,915,568108,889
km²168/km²1.87%0.23%67Ecuador18,027,52617,643,054276,841
km²65/km²1.39%0.23%68Senegal17,451,29716,743,927196,722
km²87/km²2.70%0.22%69Netherlands17,194,34917,134,87241,850
km²410/km²0.22%0.22%70Cambodia17,074,34916,718,965181,035
km²94/km²1.36%0.22%71Chad17,191,43716,425,8641,284,000
km²13/km²2.98%0.21%72Somalia16,622,54615,893,222637,657
km²26/km²2.93%0.21%73Zimbabwe15,224,00214,862,924390,757
km²39/km²1.54%0.19%74Guinea13,700,87013,132,795245,857
km²55/km²2.78%0.17%75Rwanda13,458,06412,952,21826,338
km²504/km²2.50%0.17%76Benin12,636,30412,123,200112,622
km²111/km²2.70%0.16%77Burundi12,460,50311,890,78427,834
km²440/km²3.07%0.16%78Tunisia12,000,34011,818,619163,610
km²73/km²0.99%0.15%79Bolivia11,923,09611,673,0211,098,581
km²11/km²1.37%0.15%80Belgium11,657,28911,589,62330,528
km²381/km²0.37%0.15%81Haiti11,620,28811,402,52827,750
km²416/km²1.22%0.15%82South Sudan11,488,65811,193,725619,745
km²18/km²1.68%0.14%83Cuba11,312,76011,326,616109,884
km²103/km²-0.08%0.14%84Dominican Republic11,013,12010,847,91048,671
km²225/km²0.98%0.14%85Czech Republic10,732,60110,708,98178,865
km²136/km²0.15%0.14%86Greece10,341,86110,423,054131,990
km²79/km²-0.50%0.13%87Jordan10,320,59810,203,13489,342
km²115/km²0.65%0.13%88Azerbaijan10,270,79310,139,17786,600
km²118/km²0.83%0.13%89Portugal10,151,00810,196,70992,090
km²110/km²-0.28%0.13%90Sweden10,194,62210,099,265450,295
km²23/km²0.60%0.13%91Honduras10,152,1169,904,607112,492
km²89/km²1.60%0.13%92United Arab Emirates10,048,8559,890,40283,600
km²120/km²1.02%0.13%93Tajikistan9,868,0489,537,645143,100
km²68/km²2.22%0.12%94Hungary9,618,8979,660,35193,028
km²104/km²-0.27%0.12%95Belarus9,438,9429,449,323207,600
km²45/km²-0.07%0.12%96Papua New Guinea9,215,9758,947,024462,840
km²20/km²1.92%0.12%97Austria9,064,5269,006,39883,871
km²108/km²0.41%0.11%98Israel8,865,2838,655,53520,770
km²423/km²1.55%0.11%99Switzerland8,750,9798,654,62241,284
km²211/km²0.70%0.11%100Serbia8,675,4758,737,37188,361
km²98/km²-0.46%0.11%101Togo8,591,3078,278,72456,785
km²149/km²2.41%0.11%102Sierra Leone8,233,9757,976,98371,740
km²113/km²2.06%0.10%103Hong Kong7,584,3757,496,9811,104
km²6,841/km²0.74%0.10%104Laos7,437,3307,275,560236,800
km²31/km²1.43%0.09%105Paraguay7,268,5337,132,538406,752
km²18/km²1.22%0.09%106Libya7,005,7766,871,2921,759,540
km²4/km²1.27%0.09%107Bulgaria6,867,5746,948,445110,879
km²62/km²-0.75%0.09%108Lebanon6,753,4676,825,44510,452
km²648/km²-0.82%0.09%109Nicaragua6,746,5356,624,554130,373
km²51/km²1.17%0.09%110Kyrgyzstan6,686,7416,524,195199,951
km²33/km²1.60%0.08%111El Salvador6,536,4486,486,20521,041
km²310/km²0.50%0.08%112Turkmenistan6,166,6136,031,200488,100
km²13/km²1.44%0.08%113Singapore5,923,9195,850,342710
km²8,305/km²0.79%0.07%114Denmark5,825,2645,792,20243,094
km²135/km²0.36%0.07%115Republic of the Congo5,735,4105,518,087342,000
km²17/km²2.52%0.07%116Finland5,552,8995,540,720338,424
km²16/km²0.14%0.07%117Norway5,491,4185,421,241323,802
km²17/km²0.82%0.07%118Slovakia5,460,9275,459,64249,037
km²111/km²0.02%0.07%119Oman5,292,9015,106,626309,500
km²17/km²2.29%0.07%120Palestine5,290,4175,101,4146,220
km²840/km²2.38%0.07%121Liberia5,249,7295,057,681111,369
km²47/km²2.42%0.07%122Costa Rica5,164,2225,094,11851,100
km²101/km²0.88%0.07%123Ireland5,007,4584,937,78670,273
km²71/km²0.91%0.06%124Central African Republic4,969,7014,829,767622,984
km²8/km²1.87%0.06%125New Zealand4,882,7184,822,233270,467
km²18/km²0.80%0.06%126Mauritania4,845,6764,649,6581,030,700
km²5/km²2.70%0.06%127Panama4,418,9214,314,76775,417
km²58/km²1.55%0.06%128Kuwait4,365,0664,270,57117,818
km²243/km²1.36%0.05%129Croatia4,068,2414,105,26756,594
km²72/km²-0.58%0.05%130Moldova4,018,2424,033,96333,846
km²119/km²-0.25%0.05%131Georgia3,974,1953,989,16769,700
km²57/km²-0.24%0.05%132Eritrea3,632,4133,546,421117,600
km²31/km²1.55%0.05%133Uruguay3,491,5473,473,730181,034
km²19/km²0.33%0.04%134Mongolia3,357,9663,278,2901,564,110
km²2/km²1.56%0.04%135Bosnia And Herzegovina3,252,1193,280,81951,209
km²64/km²-0.53%0.04%136Jamaica2,980,2712,961,16710,991
km²271/km²0.42%0.04%137Armenia2,970,8092,963,24329,743
km²100/km²0.16%0.04%138Qatar2,961,0622,881,05311,586
km²253/km²1.72%0.04%139Albania2,869,8382,877,79728,748
km²100/km²-0.17%0.04%140Puerto Rico2,807,8312,860,8538,870
km²319/km²-1.14%0.04%141Lithuania2,671,5012,722,28965,300
km²41/km²-1.19%0.03%142Namibia2,613,3392,540,905825,615
km²3/km²1.83%0.03%143Gambia2,526,5562,416,66810,689
km²233/km²2.91%0.03%144Botswana2,422,4112,351,627582,000
km²4/km²1.94%0.03%145Gabon2,309,1522,225,734267,668
km²9/km²2.39%0.03%146Lesotho2,168,7752,142,24930,355 km²71/km²0.79%0.03%147North
Macedonia2,082,0392,083,37425,713
km²81/km²-0.03%0.03%148Slovenia2,078,7242,078,93820,273
km²103/km²-0.01%0.03%149Guinea Bissau2,042,3141,968,00136,125
km²56/km²2.41%0.03%150Latvia1,856,2141,886,19864,559
km²29/km²-1.02%0.02%151Bahrain1,774,2911,701,575765
km²2,285/km²2.75%0.02%152Equatorial Guinea1,476,3031,402,98528,051
km²52/km²3.34%0.02%153Trinidad And Tobago1,405,6441,399,4885,130
km²274/km²0.28%0.02%154Timor Leste1,358,1081,318,44514,874
km²90/km²1.93%0.02%155Estonia1,324,3601,326,53545,227
km²29/km²-0.10%0.02%156Mauritius1,274,2581,271,7682,040
km²624/km²0.13%0.02%157Cyprus1,220,3291,207,3599,251
km²131/km²0.68%0.02%158Eswatini1,179,1701,160,16417,364
km²68/km²1.05%0.01%159Djibouti1,010,027988,00023,200
km²43/km²1.44%0.01%160Fiji906,413896,44518,272
km²49/km²0.72%0.01%161Reunion905,193895,3122,511
km²359/km²0.71%0.01%162Comoros899,179869,6011,862
km²477/km²2.17%0.01%163Guyana792,389786,552214,969
km²4/km²0.48%0.01%164Bhutan784,643771,60838,394 km²20/km²1.07%0.01%165Solomon
Islands713,692686,88428,896 km²24/km²2.49%0.01%166Macau663,758649,33530
km²21,946/km²1.40%0.01%167Luxembourg639,972625,9782,586
km²245/km²1.41%0.01%168Montenegro628,053628,06613,812
km²45/km²-0.00%0.01%169Western Sahara619,921597,339266,000
km²2/km²2.43%0.01%170Suriname594,688586,632163,820 km²4/km²0.88%0.01%171Cape
Verde565,199555,9874,033 km²139/km²1.06%0.01%172Maldives546,093540,544300
km²1,812/km²0.57%0.01%173Malta443,609441,543316
km²1,401/km²0.28%0.01%174Brunei443,801437,4795,765
km²77/km²0.93%0.01%175Belize409,040397,62822,966
km²18/km²1.83%0.01%176Guadeloupe400,020400,1241,628
km²246/km²-0.03%0.01%177Bahamas398,976393,24413,943
km²28/km²0.93%0.01%178Martinique374,332375,2651,128
km²332/km²-0.14%0.00%179Iceland344,591341,243103,000
km²3/km²0.62%0.00%180Vanuatu318,590307,14512,189 km²26/km²2.38%0.00%181French
Guiana310,574298,68283,534 km²4/km²2.60%0.00%182New
Caledonia289,662285,49818,575 km²16/km²0.95%0.00%183Barbados287,917287,375430
km²669/km²0.12%0.00%184French Polynesia283,355280,9084,167
km²68/km²0.58%0.00%185Mayotte283,229272,815374 km²747/km²2.46%0.00%186Sao Tome
And Principe225,844219,159964 km²232/km²1.92%0.00%187Samoa200,974198,4142,842
km²70/km²0.87%0.00%188Saint Lucia184,813183,627616
km²299/km²0.42%0.00%189Guam171,004168,775549
km²310/km²0.83%0.00%190Curacao165,211164,093444
km²371/km²0.43%0.00%191Kiribati122,424119,449811
km²150/km²1.63%0.00%192Micronesia116,873115,023702
km²166/km²1.07%0.00%193Grenada113,227112,523344 km²329/km²0.44%0.00%194Saint
Vincent And the Grenadines111,263110,940389
km²286/km²0.29%0.00%195Aruba107,204106,766180
km²596/km²0.41%0.00%196Tonga107,379105,695747 km²143/km²1.01%0.00%197United
States Virgin Islands104,020104,425347
km²300/km²-0.19%0.00%198Seychelles99,11498,347452 km²219/km²0.57%0.00%199Antigua
And Barbuda99,14497,929442 km²223/km²0.82%0.00%200Isle of Man85,41085,033572
km²149/km²0.44%0.00%201Andorra77,35577,265468
km²165/km²0.12%0.00%202Dominica72,16771,986751 km²96/km²0.25%0.00%203Cayman
Islands66,49765,722264 km²252/km²1.18%0.00%204Bermuda62,09062,27854
km²1,150/km²-0.30%0.00%205Marshall Islands59,61059,190181
km²329/km²0.71%0.00%206Northern Mariana Islands57,91757,559464
km²125/km²0.62%0.00%207Greenland56,87756,7702,166,086
km²0/km²0.19%0.00%208American Samoa55,10055,191199 km²277/km²-0.16%0.00%209Saint
Kitts And Nevis53,54453,199261 km²205/km²0.65%0.00%210Faroe
Islands49,04948,8631,393 km²35/km²0.38%0.00%211Sint Maarten43,41242,87634
km²1,277/km²1.25%0.00%212Monaco39,51139,2422 km²19,756/km²0.69%0.00%213Saint
Martin39,23438,66653 km²740/km²1.47%0.00%214Turks And Caicos
Islands39,23138,717948 km²41/km²1.33%0.00%215Liechtenstein38,25038,128160
km²239/km²0.32%0.00%216San Marino34,01733,93161
km²558/km²0.25%0.00%217Gibraltar33,69833,6916 km²5,616/km²0.02%0.00%218British
Virgin Islands30,42130,231151 km²201/km²0.63%0.00%219Palau18,16918,094459
km²40/km²0.41%0.00%220Cook Islands17,56517,564236
km²74/km²0.01%0.00%221Anguilla15,11715,00391
km²166/km²0.76%0.00%222Tuvalu11,93111,79226 km²459/km²1.18%0.00%223Wallis And
Futuna11,09411,239142 km²78/km²-1.29%0.00%224Nauru10,87610,82421
km²518/km²0.48%0.00%225Saint Barthelemy9,9079,87721 km²472/km²0.30%0.00%226Saint
Pierre And Miquelon5,7665,794242 km²24/km²-0.48%0.00%227Montserrat4,9774,992102
km²49/km²-0.30%0.00%228Falkland Islands3,5333,48012,173
km²0/km²1.52%0.00%229Niue1,6191,626260 km²6/km²-0.43%0.00%230Tokelau1,3731,35712
km²114/km²1.18%0.00%231Vatican City8008011 km²800/km²-0.12%0.00%232



WORLD POPULATION (1950 - 2100)

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WORLD POPULATION IN 2050

What will the world look like in 2050? The world’s population 30 years from now
may look more different than we expect. According to World Population Prospects,
the global population in 2050 will be around 9.77 billion people, which is 2
billion more than what the current population is today.

In terms of each country’s population growth, we can expect India to surpass
China as the most populated country in the world by 2050. Today, India’s growth
rate is 1.08% while China, the most populated country in the world at the
moment, has a growth rate of only 0.35%. By 2050, India’s population will hit
1.66 billion people, and China will come in second place with a population of
1.36 billion.

The United States currently is the third most populated country in the world,
but is expected to drop to fourth most populated by 2050. Instead, fast-growing
Nigeria will become the third most populated country by 2050 with its current
growth rate of 2.6%. Nigeria’s population will be around 410 million by 2050
while the US in 2050 will have about 390 million people.

Vatican City is predicted to continue being the least populated country in the
world in 2050. It currently has a negative growth rate and is predicted to have
800 people by 2050.

Trends are pointing towards the most populated countries reaching their
capacities and slowing down their population growths. Meanwhile, less populated
countries with developing industries and technologies will see a boom in
population growth, which are similar factors that allowed the recent growth of
India and China in the last century.

The diffusion of health developments and technology will increase the global
population overall. We predict the world to be around 30% more populated by 2050
because of better healthcare allowing longer life expectancy and lower infant
mortality rates. The population will be aging because of a declining fertility
rate as well, for individuals have more access to birth control and family
planning.

Many predictions for the year 2050 are still unknown as we still wait to see the
impact of computers, artificial intelligence, and environmental changes. If the
global population is growing overall, we will face more constrained resources
until technology can overcome any production shortages or environmental damage.

WORLD POPULATION BY RACE

As of the beginning of 2019, the world population is approximately 7.7 billion
people. Many researchers have tried breaking this population down into different
racial groups, but each nation measures different ethnic and racial components
in different ways. Therefore, specific statistics and racial demographics of the
world population as a whole are difficult to find as countries have not found a
way to consolidate their findings or compromised in measuring the same single
indicator of race.

Breaking down the global population by race is difficult primarily because of
the meaning of the word “race.” Race is considered as a construct defined by
society based on certain biological features that society has deemed to be
significant. For example, some racial groupings are determined by physical
differences like skin tone, hair color, and other facial features. However,
there are so many different variations and exceptions to the evolving term
“race” that many sociologists insist that no clear-cut races exist and that race
is just genetic variations that shouldn’t carry weight on society.

Race is to not be confused with ethnicity, which is shared cultural heritage.
The main difference between race and ethnicity is that race is inherited genetic
traits while ethnicity is a set of customs, language, and practices that are
learned and passed down from generation to generation.

Many countries measure their diversity through data on race, ethnicity, or a
combination or variation of both. For instance, the United States includes race
as self-identified data that reflects a social definition rather than a
biological or anthropological one. Citizens report themselves as White, Black or
African American, American Indian, Asian, or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific
Islander. Meanwhile, other countries may use different measures of ethnic
groups, such as English, German, East Indian, etc.


2021 WORLD POPULATION BY COUNTRY (LIVE)

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Territory Country Population Area JerseyUnited Kingdom98,069116
km²GuernseyUnited Kingdom65,15078 km²Aland IslandsFinland30,1291,580
km²BonaireNetherlands20,915288 km²Akrotiri and DhekeliaUnited Kingdom18,195254
km²Saint HelenaUnited Kingdom5,714394 km²Sint EustatiusNetherlands3,13921
km²Svalbard and Jan MayenNorway2,93961,022 km²SabaNetherlands1,93313
km²Christmas IslandAustralia1,843135 km²Norfolk IslandAustralia1,74836 km²Cocos
(Keeling) IslandsAustralia59614 km²United States Minor Outlying IslandsUnited
States30034.20 km²Pitcairn IslandsUnited Kingdom5047 km²


OTHER MINOR TERRITORIES AND DEPENDENCIES



WORLD POPULATION HISTORY (5000 B.C. - 2020 A.D.)

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Year Population Growth Rate
-100004,000,000-80005,320,0000.01%-500022,500,0000.05%-400046,750,0000.07%-300014,000,000-0.12%-200027,000,0000.07%-160070,000,0000.24%-100050,000,000-0.06%-800100,000,0000.35%-500100,000,0000.00%-400157,500,0000.46%-200202,000,0000.12%1235,000,0000.08%14256,000,0000.66%200234,330,000-0.05%350254,000,0000.05%400200,660,000-0.47%500198,500,000-0.01%600212,750,0000.07%700207,660,000-0.02%800232,250,0000.11%900229,300,000-0.01%1000278,600,0000.19%1100306,600,0000.10%1200386,000,0000.23%1250417,000,0000.15%1300407,600,000-0.05%1340410,000,0000.01%1400366,300,000-0.19%1500458,800,0000.23%1600550,000,0000.18%1650535,300,000-0.05%1700652,500,0000.40%1750751,000,0000.28%1800920,800,0000.41%18501,218,000,0000.56%18751,325,000,0000.34%19001,647,000,0000.87%19201,813,000,0000.48%19301,987,000,0000.92%19402,213,000,0001.08%19502,536,000,0001.37%19603,033,000,0001.81%19703,701,000,0002.01%19804,458,000,0001.88%19905,331,000,0001.80%20006,145,000,0001.43%20106,958,000,0001.25%20197,715,000,0001.15%

WORLD POPULATION HISTORY (5000 B.C. - 2020 A.D.)

Throughout most of history, the world's population has been much smaller than it
is now. Before the invention of agriculture, for example, the human population
was estimated to be around 15 million people at most.

Here's an interesting perspective on today's world population in 2016: today's
world population (~7 billion) is approximately 6% of the estimated 110 billion
who have ever lived.

The introduction of agriculture and the gradual movement of humanity into
settled communities saw the global population increase gradually to around 300
million by AD 0. To give you an idea of scale, the Roman Empire, which many
regard as one of the strongest empires the world has ever seen, probably
contained only around 50 million people at its height; that's less than the
number of people in England today.

It wasn't until the early 19th century that the world population reached its
first big milestone: 1 billion people. Then, as the industrial revolution took
hold and living standards improved, the rate of population growth increased
considerably. Over the next hundred years, the population of the world doubled,
reaching 2 billion in the late 1920s.

The 20th century, however, is where population growth really took off, and over
the past 100 years, the planet's population has more than tripled in size. This
massive increase in human population is largely due to improvements in diet,
sanitation and medicine, especially compulsory vaccination against many
diseases.

Here's a timeline of the world population growth milestones:

 * Year 1: 200 million
 * Year 1000: 275 million
 * Year 1500: 450 million
 * Year 1650: 500 million
 * Year 1750: 700 million
 * Year 1804: 1 billion
 * Year 1850: 1.2 billion
 * Year 1900: 1.6 billion
 * Year 1927: 2 billion
 * Year 1950: 2.55 billion
 * Year 1955: 2.8 billion
 * Year 1960: 3 billion
 * Year 1970: 3.7 billion
 * Year 1985: 4.85 billion
 * Year 1999: 6 billion
 * Year 2011: 7 billion
 * Year 2025: 8 billion

What happens next isn't quite so clear.

Most people agree that population increases will continue, but there are
arguments about the rate of increase, and even a few people who believe
population decreases are likely. You can see some example trends in this graph.

The United Nations has gradually been revising its predictions downwards, and
now believes that the world population in 2050 will be around 9 billion. It
believes that, as the world grows steadily richer and the average family size
decreases, growth will steadily slow and eventually stop.

However, others believe that poverty, inequality and continued urbanization will
encourage steadily increasing growth, particularly in countries in Africa and
parts of Asia, where growth is already much higher than the global average.

A few scientists even believe that populations will decrease. Some believe that
gradual increases in living standards will result in similar patterns to those
in Western Europe, where birth rates are declining rapidly. Others believe that
the current world population is unsustainable, and predict that humanity will
simply not be able to produce enough food and oil to feed itself and sustain our
industrial economy.


WORLD POPULATION HISTORY CHART

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Although the population of the world increases daily, population growth rate has
been declining over the last century. The rate of population growth was highest
in 1970, around 2% growth per year, before declining in 1980. The 80’s brought a
slight stagnant rise in the population growth rate, but in the 1990’s, the rate
of population growth dropped down to less than 1.5% and has been declining
throughout the 2000’s. The annual growth rate of the world population in 2019 is
around 1.1% and is predicted to decrease even more in the next few decades,
continuing the trend of slower population growth.


WORLD POPULATION GROWTH CHART

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Year Population Growth Rate
20217,874,965,8251.03%20207,794,798,7391.10%20157,379,797,1391.19%20106,956,823,6031.24%20056,541,907,0271.26%20006,143,493,8231.35%19955,744,212,9791.52%19905,327,231,0611.81%19854,870,921,7401.79%19804,458,003,5141.79%19754,079,480,6061.97%19703,700,437,0462.07%19653,339,583,5971.93%19603,034,949,7481.82%19552,773,019,9361.80%19502,536,431,149

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Year Population Growth Rate
20258,184,437,4600.97%20308,548,487,4000.87%20358,887,524,2130.78%20409,198,847,2400.69%20459,481,803,2740.61%20509,735,033,9900.53%20559,958,094,0740.45%206010,151,448,7610.39%206510,317,830,2050.33%207010,459,152,5070.27%207510,577,155,8890.22%208010,673,719,4740.18%208510,750,416,7390.14%209010,809,575,8020.11%209510,851,460,5970.08%210010,874,902,3180.04%


WORLD POPULATION HISTORY / WORLD POPULATION PROJECTIONS

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES


 1. World Population Prospects (2019 Revision) - United Nations population
    estimates and projections.
 2. Historical Estimates of World Population


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