Population in World
The population of the world was 8,215,424,893 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2025
8,215,424,893
Change from 2024
+0.9%
European Union, 2025
451,127,411 people
Population in World over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8,215,424,893 people | 451,127,411 people |
| 2024 | 8,140,897,523 people | 450,228,188 people |
| 2023 | 8,062,923,417 people | 448,897,545 people |
| 2022 | 7,988,550,201 people | 447,203,596 people |
| 2021 | 7,919,567,995 people | 446,228,281 people |
| 2020 | 7,853,863,139 people | 446,870,959 people |
| 2019 | 7,777,162,476 people | 446,910,453 people |
| 2018 | 7,696,159,728 people | 446,058,453 people |
| 2017 | 7,613,788,655 people | 445,321,060 people |
| 2016 | 7,528,221,579 people | 444,676,652 people |
| 2015 | 7,441,084,771 people | 443,793,218 people |
| 2014 | 7,353,532,223 people | 442,920,819 people |
| 2013 | 7,265,404,737 people | 442,425,741 people |
| 2012 | 7,176,482,165 people | 442,069,839 people |
| 2011 | 7,086,704,141 people | 441,414,078 people |
| 2010 | 7,000,860,073 people | 442,088,310 people |
| 2009 | 6,916,168,196 people | 441,388,573 people |
| 2008 | 6,830,080,867 people | 440,270,719 people |
| 2007 | 6,744,049,498 people | 438,796,003 people |
| 2006 | 6,659,536,021 people | 437,263,803 people |
| 2005 | 6,575,410,029 people | 435,789,139 people |
| 2004 | 6,492,354,627 people | 434,193,248 people |
| 2003 | 6,409,352,386 people | 432,512,916 people |
| 2002 | 6,327,171,255 people | 430,924,112 people |
| 2001 | 6,244,739,668 people | 429,909,307 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.9% from 8,140,897,523 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 7,441,084,771 people, the figure has changed by +10.4%.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 451,127,411 people.
More for World
All statistics for World
Population growth
0.91%
2025 · World Bank
Population aged 65 and over
10.4%
2025 · World Bank
Population aged 0 to 14
24.4%
2025 · World Bank
Fertility rate
2.19 births per woman
2024 · World Bank
Crude birth rate
16.3 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank
Crude death rate
7.6 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank