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Over 8 billion humans share this planet. Every second someone is born, someone dies, and the count changes forever.
Every second, humans are born and die across the planet. Watch it happen in real time โ for every country on Earth.
Over 8 billion humans share this planet. Every second someone is born, someone dies, and the count changes forever.
Select any country to see its live population, births, deaths, capital, area, language, GDP and more.
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Top 20 most populated nations. Click any country to see its full stats.
LiveHumans is a real-time world population counter that tracks live births, deaths, and net population growth across every country on Earth. Our counters update every second, giving you the most accurate live view of humanity's growth available on the web.
The world population in 2026 is estimated at over 8.25 billion people. Every second, approximately 4.4 new humans are born and 1.9 die โ a net gain of roughly 2.5 people per second. That means over 200,000 new people join the planet every single day.
Our data is sourced from the United Nations Population Division, the World Bank, and the CIA World Factbook โ the most trusted demographic institutions in the world. All counters are estimates based on statistical birth and death rates.
As of 2026, the world population is approximately 8.25 billion people. The counter on this page shows the real-time estimate based on live birth and death rates tracked by the United Nations.
The counter starts from a known baseline population figure from the UN, then adds and subtracts births and deaths in real time using the global average birth rate (approximately 18.5 births per 1,000 people per year) and death rate (approximately 7.8 deaths per 1,000 people per year).
India is the most populous country in the world in 2026 with over 1.44 billion people, having surpassed China in 2023. You can see live population counters for every country using the country search tool on this page.
Approximately 385,000 babies are born every day worldwide. That is about 4.4 births per second. You can watch this happen in real time using the live birth counter at the top of this page.
Approximately 162,000 people die every day around the world, which is roughly 1.9 deaths per second. The live death counter on LiveHumans tracks this in real time based on global mortality statistics.
According to UN projections, the world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050 and peak around 10.4 billion in the 2080s before potentially declining. Growth is slowing as birth rates fall in developing nations, but the global population will continue rising for decades.
LiveHumans sources its population data from the United Nations Population Division, the World Bank Open Data platform, and the CIA World Factbook. These are the most authoritative and up-to-date demographic sources available. All live counters are statistical estimates based on published birth and death rates.