The Population of the World

7.6 billion

In demographics, the world population is the total number of humans currently living. The world population was estimated to have reached 7.6 billion as of December 2017. The United Nations estimates it will further increase to 11.8 billion by the year 2100.

There are 195 countries in the world today. This total comprises 193 countries that are member states of the United Nations and 2 countries that are non-member observer states: the Holy See and the State of Palestine.

The Ethnologue catalogue of world languages, which is one of the best linguistic resources, currently lists6909 living languages. About 6% of them have more than a million speakers each, and collectively account for 94% of the world population.