World Population 2024 Counterparty. We can’t understand the world without understanding demographic change. 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 people in 50.

We can’t understand the world without understanding demographic change. Summary of results, prepared by the population division of the united nations department of economic and social affairs (un desa).