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Population, Total for World (SPPOPTOTLWLD)

Observation:

2022: 7,950,946,801 (+ more)   Updated: Dec 19, 2023
2022:  7,950,946,801  
2021:  7,888,305,693  
2020:  7,820,205,606  
2019:  7,741,774,583  
2018:  7,660,371,127  
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Units:

Persons,
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Annual

NOTES

Source: World Bank  

Release: World Development Indicators  

Units:  Persons, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Annual

Notes:

Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source Code: SP.POP.TOTL

Suggested Citation:

World Bank, Population, Total for World [SPPOPTOTLWLD], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SPPOPTOTLWLD, March 14, 2024.

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