2024 World Population Prospects And Trends

2024 World Population Prospects And Trends. There are 8.2 billion human beings on the planet this year (2024), and the projection for 2050 is 9.7 billion. A peak of 10.3 billion inhabitants is expected in the mid of 2080s, at which point the world population is expected to head downwards reaching 10.2 billion in 2100.

The world population prospects 2024 dataset offers a comprehensive overview of global population trends between 1950 and 2024, tracking growth rates, age structures and the three. The un department of economic and social affairs (desa) published a 2024 revision of ‘world population prospects,’ which presents the latest global population estimates and projections.