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Population

Explore source-labelled estimates for world population, births, deaths, and child mortality.

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Population pages separate live demographic tempo from official annual indicators, so counters remain useful without pretending to be real-time census data.

Every chart below is backed by the World Vitals metric registry. Live-looking values are marked as estimated rates; annual and snapshot values keep their source year visible.

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Populationestimated live

World population

8.14B

Latest World Bank world population value, advanced as a live estimate using crude birth and death rates.

World Bank / 2024
Populationestimated live

Births this year

47.05M

Estimated from the World Bank crude birth rate and world population.

World Bank / 2024
Populationestimated live

Deaths this year

21.83M

Estimated from the World Bank crude death rate and world population.

World Bank / 2024
Healthlatest annual

Under-5 mortality rate

37.4

World Bank world under-5 mortality estimate, deaths per 1,000 live births.

World Bank / 2024
Healthlatest annual

Deaths from ischaemic heart disease

9.00M

WHO Global Health Estimates identify ischaemic heart disease as the leading cause of death.

World Health Organization / 2021

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