Human Population 2025. The latest un projections suggest that the world’s population could grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030 and 9.7 billion in 2050, before reaching a peak of around 10.4 billion people. As of 2024, population size has peaked in 63 countries and areas, including china, germany, japan and the russian federation, and the total population of this group is.

The latest un projections suggest that the world’s population could grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030 and 9.7 billion in 2050, before reaching a peak of around 10.4 billion people. Chart and table of world population from 1950 to 2024.