World population right now

An estimate of how many people are alive at this second, from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. The count grows by about 2.2 people every second.

People in the world right nowestimate

8,321,088,365

Growing by about 188,700 people a day

Born today: 245,234
Died today: 117,778
Growth this year: +54,843,074
Since you opened this page: 0

Born and died count from midnight in your time zone, growth from 1 January. All three are estimates.

Each dot is a birth in its country, at the UN's average pace for that country. The moment is random; the totals follow the model.

Born since you opened this page

Asia0one every 0.5 sec
Africa0one every 0.7 sec
Europe0one every 5.1 sec
Latin America and the Caribbean0one every 3.4 sec
Northern America0one every 7.8 sec
Oceania0one every 45 sec

Population by country

Live estimates. Select a column heading to sort the table.

Population by country, live estimates

1	India17.8% · +0.9%	1,480,377,542	17.8%	+0.9%
2	China17.0% · -0.2%	1,411,998,623	17.0%	-0.2%
3	United States4.2% · +0.5%	349,543,739	4.2%	+0.5%
4	Indonesia3.5% · +0.7%	288,518,957	3.5%	+0.7%
5	Pakistan3.1% · +1.6%	260,522,864	3.1%	+1.6%
6	Nigeria2.9% · +2.1%	243,892,393	2.9%	+2.1%
7	Brazil2.6% · +0.3%	213,776,376	2.6%	+0.3%
8	Bangladesh2.1% · +1.2%	178,447,242	2.1%	+1.2%
9	Russia1.7% · -0.2%	143,296,619	1.7%	-0.2%
10	Ethiopia1.7% · +2.5%	139,923,236	1.7%	+2.5%
11	Mexico1.6% · +0.8%	133,304,384	1.6%	+0.8%
12	Japan1.5% · -0.6%	122,223,636	1.5%	-0.6%
13	Egypt1.4% · +1.5%	120,615,255	1.4%	+1.5%
14	Philippines1.4% · +0.8%	118,001,185	1.4%	+0.8%
15	DR Congo1.4% · +3.2%	117,533,079	1.4%	+3.2%
16	Vietnam1.2% · +0.6%	102,343,670	1.2%	+0.6%
17	Iran1.1% · +0.8%	93,378,229	1.1%	+0.8%
18	Turkey1.1% · +0.3%	88,003,829	1.1%	+0.3%
19	Germany1.0% · -0.2%	83,586,780	1.0%	-0.2%
20	Tanzania0.88% · +2.8%	73,164,911	0.88%	+2.8%
21	Thailand0.86% · -0.1%	71,539,878	0.86%	-0.1%
22	United Kingdom0.84% · +0.5%	70,039,528	0.84%	+0.5%
23	France0.80% · +0.1%	66,773,485	0.80%	+0.1%
24	South Africa0.79% · +1.1%	65,657,541	0.79%	+1.1%
25	Kenya0.71% · +1.9%	58,964,091	0.71%	+1.9%
26	Italy0.71% · -0.4%	58,857,551	0.71%	-0.4%
27	Myanmar0.66% · +0.6%	55,281,568	0.66%	+0.6%
28	Colombia0.65% · +0.9%	54,083,214	0.65%	+0.9%
29	Sudan0.65% · +3.1%	53,761,520	0.65%	+3.1%
30	Uganda0.64% · +2.6%	53,170,326	0.64%	+2.6%
31	South Korea0.62% · -0.1%	51,578,707	0.62%	-0.1%
32	Iraq0.58% · +2.1%	48,299,075	0.58%	+2.1%
33	Algeria0.58% · +1.2%	48,199,772	0.58%	+1.2%
34	Spain0.57% · -0.1%	47,836,635	0.57%	-0.1%
35	Argentina0.55% · +0.3%	46,048,497	0.55%	+0.3%
36	Afghanistan0.55% · +2.7%	45,408,151	0.55%	+2.7%
37	Yemen0.52% · +2.8%	43,313,128	0.52%	+2.8%
38	Angola0.49% · +3.0%	40,567,235	0.49%	+3.0%
39	Canada0.49% · +0.8%	40,562,956	0.49%	+0.8%
40	Ukraine0.47% · -0.7%	39,449,474	0.47%	-0.7%
41	Morocco0.47% · +0.8%	38,858,443	0.47%	+0.8%
42	Uzbekistan0.46% · +1.8%	37,920,200	0.46%	+1.8%
43	Poland0.45% · -0.4%	37,800,531	0.45%	-0.4%
44	Mozambique0.44% · +2.8%	36,942,375	0.44%	+2.8%
45	Malaysia0.44% · +1.1%	36,503,985	0.44%	+1.1%
46	Ghana0.43% · +1.8%	35,884,497	0.43%	+1.8%
47	Saudi Arabia0.42% · +1.7%	35,342,070	0.42%	+1.7%
48	Peru0.42% · +1.0%	35,022,690	0.42%	+1.0%
49	Madagascar0.41% · +2.4%	33,754,535	0.41%	+2.4%
50	Ivory Coast0.41% · +2.4%	33,726,656	0.41%	+2.4%
51	Cameroon0.37% · +2.5%	30,867,296	0.37%	+2.5%
52	Nepal0.36% · +0.1%	29,642,055	0.36%	+0.1%
53	Niger0.35% · +3.2%	29,082,561	0.35%	+3.2%
54	Venezuela0.34% · +0.4%	28,669,322	0.34%	+0.4%
55	Australia0.33% · +0.9%	27,300,601	0.33%	+0.9%
56	Syria0.32% · +3.1%	26,711,096	0.32%	+3.1%
57	North Korea0.32% · +0.2%	26,650,851	0.32%	+0.2%
58	Mali0.31% · +2.9%	26,151,279	0.31%	+2.9%
59	Burkina Faso0.30% · +2.2%	24,758,294	0.30%	+2.2%
60	Sri Lanka0.28% · +0.5%	23,382,733	0.28%	+0.5%
67	Chile0.24% · +0.4%	19,970,223	0.24%	+0.4%
68	Senegal0.23% · +2.3%	19,496,068	0.23%	+2.3%
69	Guatemala0.23% · +1.5%	19,050,808	0.23%	+1.5%
71	Ecuador0.22% · +0.8%	18,490,451	0.22%	+0.8%
79	Bolivia0.15% · +1.3%	12,798,733	0.15%	+1.3%
81	Tunisia0.15% · +0.5%	12,434,077	0.15%	+0.5%
84	Jordan0.14% · +2.1%	11,662,423	0.14%	+2.1%
85	Dominican Republic0.14% · +0.8%	11,635,374	0.14%	+0.8%
86	United Arab Emirates0.14% · +1.7%	11,632,657	0.14%	+1.7%
90	Cuba0.13% · -0.4%	10,879,159	0.13%	-0.4%
94	Portugal0.12% · -0.2%	10,390,401	0.12%	-0.2%
99	Austria0.11% · -0.1%	9,105,481	0.11%	-0.1%
101	Switzerland0.11% · +0.4%	9,018,987	0.11%	+0.4%

How the count works

The UN publishes every country's population on 1 January of each year, together with the births, deaths and migration it expects during that year. This page draws a straight line from one 1 January to the next and shows where that line is at this second. For the world that works out to about 4.2 births and 2.0 deaths a second.

Born today and died today

These take the UN's births and deaths for the whole year and spread them evenly over every second, counted from midnight in your own time zone. Real births and deaths do not arrive that evenly, so read them as an average day, not as a register.

Why every population clock is an estimate

No country counts its people second by second. Censuses and registers are only updated now and then, so every live population number, this one included, comes from a model. This page follows the UN's model and says so next to every number.

Source: UN DESA, Population Division, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant), licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Livecounts.nl turns the yearly figures into a per-second estimate; the UN has not reviewed this page.

Questions

How many people are in the world right now?

About 8,321,088,365 people at 16:12 UTC, by the UN's World Population Prospects 2024 model. The counter at the top of this page keeps adding about 2.2 people a second.

Why do Worldometer and the US Census Bureau show a different number?

Every clock uses its own model and its own starting figures. Worldometer also builds on UN estimates, while the US Census Bureau's world clock uses the bureau's International Database, which puts the world somewhat lower. None of them is a head count.

Is the world population still growing?

Yes, by about 68.9 million people in 2026 (+0.8%). Growth is slowing: in the UN's medium projection the world passes 9 billion in 2037 and peaks at about 10.3 billion in 2084.