2024 World Population Growth Forecast

2024 World Population Growth Forecast. There are 8.2 billion human beings on the planet this year (2024), and the projection for 2050 is 9.7 billion. China also currently has a negative growth rate, at minus 0.03 percent, meaning it expected to drop in population down to 662.8 million people by the end of the century.

According to the idb, the world population is expected to reach 8 billion by the end of 2023. • in 48 countries and areas, representing 10 per cent of the world’s population in 2024, population size is projected to peak between 2025 and 2054.