World Population
A changing world, in numbers. Explore estimated population, births and deaths around the globe.
Estimated current world population
Modelled estimate, not a real-time census.
Estimate for 13 Oct 2026, 01:47:02 UTCToday
Since 00:00 UTC- Births
- 26,984
- Deaths
- 12,959
- Natural population growth
- 14,025
This year · 2026
Since 1 January UTC- Births
- 103,488,596
- Deaths
- 49,702,369
- Natural population growth
- 53,786,227
All counters are estimates. Births and deaths are spread evenly across the year; actual daily patterns vary. Natural growth means births minus deaths.
The 20 largest countries and areas
Estimated population at the same moment as the world counter. UN country and area definitions apply.
| Rank | Country / area | Population | World share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 1,480,183,285 | 17.79% |
| 2 | China | 1,412,046,021 | 16.97% |
| 3 | United States | 349,517,424 | 4.20% |
| 4 | Indonesia | 288,486,226 | 3.47% |
| 5 | Pakistan | 260,459,539 | 3.13% |
| 6 | Nigeria | 243,816,773 | 2.93% |
| 7 | Brazil | 213,765,312 | 2.57% |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 178,414,665 | 2.14% |
| 9 | Russia | 143,301,684 | 1.72% |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 139,870,371 | 1.68% |
| 11 | Mexico | 133,288,504 | 1.60% |
| 12 | Japan | 122,234,203 | 1.47% |
| 13 | Egypt | 120,588,638 | 1.45% |
| 14 | Philippines | 117,986,859 | 1.42% |
| 15 | DR Congo | 117,477,114 | 1.41% |
| 16 | Vietnam | 102,335,063 | 1.23% |
| 17 | Iran | 93,367,370 | 1.12% |
| 18 | Türkiye | 87,999,803 | 1.06% |
| 19 | Germany | 83,589,756 | 1.00% |
| 20 | Tanzania | 73,133,788 | 0.88% |
Where these numbers come from
Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant. The clock uses projections for 2026 and 2027, with January 2028 as the final population endpoint. These are projections from the 2024 revision, not observed 2026 census results.
How the clock works
Population is linearly interpolated between UN totals for 1 January in consecutive years. Country changes include migration. Births and deaths use annual UN totals multiplied by the fraction of the year or day elapsed. UTC defines the day and year; the clock uses your device’s time.
Source values in thousands are converted to people. Whole numbers do not imply accuracy to one person. Annual population change and births minus deaths can differ slightly because of source rounding and accounting. Uniform rates do not reproduce seasonal changes or individual events.
Values are recalculated locally each second, not fetched from a live registry. The display updates automatically using the current time. Annual indicators elsewhere on this site retain their own reference years and sources.
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