Live World Population Clock
The world population is an estimated 8.32 billion as of 8 October 2026, and it adds roughly 68.9 million people a year. The clock above carries that estimate forward to this moment. Population, projections and milestones for every country to 2100, drawn from UN World Population Prospects 2024.
When will Nigeria overtake the United States?
Milestone in focus
Nigeria is projected to pass the United States in population around 2057, with both near 386 million people.
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The century ahead
Threshold years are the point the UN medium projection passes the mark, interpolated between its 1 January values. The peak is a plateau: world population stays within 0.1% of its maximum from 2080 to 2088, so it is not a single year. How the estimate works.
What changed in 2026
- World population passed 8.3 billion in June 2026, on the UN medium projection interpolated between its 1 January values.
- About 68.9 million people are added over 2026, slightly fewer than the 69.3 million of 2025. The growth rate is 0.83% against 0.84% in 2025.
- The year opened at 8,266,245,291 and closes at 8,335,111,500. Those two values are the whole model behind the counter: everything between them is interpolation, not observation.
- The dataset is unchanged: UN World Population Prospects 2024, processed 2026-06-15. When a new UN revision is imported, the counter, this page and every embedded widget change together.
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