Earth has a human population of over 8.2 billion as of 2025, with an overall population density of 50 people per km 2 (130 per sq Nearly 60% of the world's population lives in asia, with more than 2.8 billion in the countries of india and china combined. Chart created by our world in data in 2024 This article contains a list of countries by past and projected future population This assumes that countries stay constant in the. List of countries and dependencies by population (united nations)this is the list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by estimated total population
It is based on estimates published by the united nations in the 2024 revision of world population prospects It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present List of countries and dependencies by population cartogram of the world's population in 2018 Each square represents 500,000 people This is a list of countries and dependencies by population. [3] models of population growth take.