Exact World Population

As of 2019, the overall human population was estimated to be more than 7.7 billion people. It had taken all of human history until around 1800 for world population to reach one billion, the second billion was achieved in 130 years (1930), the third billion in 30 years (1960), the fourth billion in 15 years (1974), and the fifth billion in only 13 years (1987), six billion in 12 years (1999) and, seven billion in 12 years (2011). As of this morning world population was 7,756,548,011. Incidentally, the growth rate is declining.


To watch the increase in real time, you can see the World Population Clock web site, which shows as babies are born and other people die. You can also see the current populations of different countries, including China (1,436,000,000+), India (1,373,000,000+), and the U.S. (330,000,000+). Watch the numbers and you can see India has faster birth rate than China.  LINK