2024 World Population By Country 2024. Click here for the full report. As of 1 january 2024, the population of the world was estimated to be 8,147,701,969.

Finland is ranked as the happiest country in the world in 2024, with denmark and iceland following closely behind. World population prospects 2024 is the 28th edition of the official estimates and projections of the global population that have been published by the united nations since.