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.
Demographics of the World 2016. As of 1 January 2017, the population of the world was estimated to be 7 486 520 598. This is an increase of 1.20 % (88 744 236 people) compared to population of 7 397 776 362 the year before. In 2016 the natural increase was positive, as the number of births exceeded the number of deaths by 88 545 673. Below are the key figures for the world population in 2016: 146 469 220 live births.