World Population Rank 2024. It is perhaps unsurprising that the majority of the most populous cities in the world are in the two most populated countries in the world, china and india. Annual change in gdp, population and co₂.

In its 2022 publication, the un estimated that, in its medium scenario, the global population would peak in 2086 at around 10.4 billion people. In 2024, the world reached a total population of 8,118,836,000 and 🇮🇳 india was the most populous country that year, with a total of 1,441,719,852 people.