Countries and regions of the world

World

It has 8.30 billion inhabitants on 136,573,458 km², with a density of 64 people per km². Life expectancy at birth is 73.8 years, women have 2.23 children on average and half the population is older than 32. GDP per capita is $14,306 (2025 figure).

Population pyramid In the bubble chart

Key data, 2026

Indicator Value World Trend
Territory
Total area (km²) 136,573,458 (2024) –
Land area (km²) 129,755,408 (2024) –
Density (people per km²) 63.8 –
Population
Population 8,300,678,392 –
Population growth (% a year) +0.84 –
Median age (years) 32.1 –
Under 15 (%) 24.1 –
65 and over (%) 10.6 –
Urban population (%) 57.7 (2025) –
Births and health
Children per woman 2.23 –
Life expectancy (years) 73.8 –
Life expectancy, men (years) 71.2 –
Life expectancy, women (years) 76.4 –
Infant mortality (‰ births) 26.1 –
Migration
Net migration (‰ people) 0.0 –
Economy and environment
GDP (dollars) $117.32T (2025) –
GDP per capita (dollars) $14,306 (2025) –
GDP growth (%) +4.3 (2025) –
GNI per capita PPP (international dollars) $25,266 (2025) –
Unemployment (%) 5.1 (2025) –
Greenhouse gases per capita (t CO₂e) 6.3 (2024) –

Sources: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (after 2023 projections, dashed), and World Bank (the latest published figure, with the year in brackets if older). Rank among the 195 states. For regions the World Bank values are computed from the member countries.