World Population Statistics 2017

The world population is 7.49 billion by March 22, 1974. The estimated world population is expected to reach 8 billion by 2023 and reach 10 billion by 2056. The population in history, present and future, is shown in Tables 1, 2 and 3 as follows.

Table 1. Top 20 most populous countries in the world as of March 22,

Table 2. World population over the years

Table 3. World population projections estimated by 2050