World Population In 2024 In Billion. But after a period of very fast population growth, demographers expect the world population to peak by the end. The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on new year’s day it will stand at more than 8 billion people, according to figures released by the u.s.

The report forecasts that the world’s population will continue to swell over the next several decades — growing from 8.2 billion people in 2024 to a peak of nearly 10.3 billion. 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 projected to.