World Population Today 2024. The current us census bureau world population estimate in 2016 shows that there are approximately 7,346,235,000 people on earth as of august 23, 2016, which far exceeds the. The estimates are based on all available sources of data on population size and levels of fertility, mortality and international migration for 237 countries or areas.

 — the un’s 2024 population prospects state that across the globe, 63 countries’ populations peaked before 2024. Current projections anticipate that this growth will continue until it reaches 10.4 million people sometime in the 2080s, at which time.