Six degrees of separation between us and everyone else on this planet. The President of the United States, a gondolier in Venice, just fill in the names. I find it A) extremely comforting that we're so close, and B) like Chinese water torture that we're so close because you have to find the right six people to make the right connection...
7.5 Billion (2017) The current world population is 7.5 billion as of March 2017 according to the most recent United Nations estimates elaborated by Worldometers. The term World Population refers to the human population (the total number of humans currently living) of the world.
Department of Economic and Social AffairsDESA. World population projected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050. The current world population of 7.3 billion is expected to reach 8.5 billion by 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100, according to a new UN DESA report, âWorld Population Prospects: The 2015 Revisionâ, launched today.