How Many People Live In The World In 2024. 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. It passed its last milestone of 7 billion.
Since 1975 the world has been adding another billion people every 12 years. Population by world region 10,000 bce to 2100, with un.