Society & Policy · Time-series
World Population
Total world population, yearly — the denominator behind every per-capita metric.
Executive summary
World Population rose from 5,822,327,903 people (1996) to 8,215,424,893 people (2025) — a 41.1% change over the period. The window peaked at 8,215,424,893 people (2025) and bottomed at 5,822,327,903 people (1996).
The latest observation (2025) sits above the period average of 7,042,777,586.4 people. Raw data and methodology are open: check the source box or download CSV/JSON.
Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 5,822,327,903 |
| 1997 | 5,908,180,322 |
| 1998 | 5,993,730,786 |
| 1999 | 6,078,069,822 |
| 2000 | 6,161,528,496 |
| 2001 | 6,244,739,668 |
| 2002 | 6,327,171,255 |
| 2003 | 6,409,352,386 |
| 2004 | 6,492,354,627 |
| 2005 | 6,575,410,029 |
| 2006 | 6,659,536,021 |
| 2007 | 6,744,049,498 |
| 2008 | 6,830,080,867 |
| 2009 | 6,916,168,196 |
| 2010 | 7,000,860,073 |
| 2011 | 7,086,704,141 |
| 2012 | 7,176,482,165 |
| 2013 | 7,265,404,737 |
| 2014 | 7,353,532,223 |
| 2015 | 7,441,084,771 |
| 2016 | 7,528,221,579 |
| 2017 | 7,613,788,655 |
| 2018 | 7,696,159,728 |
| 2019 | 7,777,162,476 |
| 2020 | 7,853,863,139 |
| 2021 | 7,919,567,995 |
| 2022 | 7,988,550,201 |
| 2023 | 8,062,923,417 |
| 2024 | 8,140,897,523 |
| 2025 | 8,215,424,893 |