World Population Prospects 2024. In some countries, population registers based on administrative data. According to the united nations' 2022 world population prospects report, the global population is projected to reach 8.5 billion people by the year 2030, 9.7 billion people by 2050, and 10.4.

The report uses the analytical framework of the demographic transition to explore population trends and offers policy recommendations for adjusting to changing population. In total, the 2024 revision is based on information from: