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The World in Numbers.
Real-time global statistics from authoritative sources — population, economics, health, environment, energy, and more.
World Population
8,322,645,771 Current World Population ▲ 2/sec
107,305,177 Births this year ▲ 4/sec
70,619 Births today ▲ 4/sec
51,410,987 Deaths this year ▲ 2/sec
33,834 Deaths today ▲ 2/sec
55,894,189 Net population growth this year ▲ 2/sec
36,784 Net population growth today ▲ 2/sec
Government & Economics
$ 89,867,362,469,558 Global GDP produced this year ▲ 3.5M/sec
$ 7,981,855,739,341 Health expenditure this year ▲ 309,805/sec
$ 3,692,731,621,476 Public education expenditure this year ▲ 143,328/sec
$ 2,166,459,853,900 Military expenditure this year ▲ 84,088/sec
75,978,770 Motor vehicles produced this year ▲ 3/sec
106,206,882 Bicycles produced this year ▲ 4/sec
Money & Commerce
646,228,033,758 Credit card transactions this year ▲ 25,082/sec
372,871,569 Coca-Cola servings today ▲ 21,991/sec
Society & Media
6,357,060,546 Internet users in the world ▲ 8/sec
117,800,000 Forcibly displaced people
68,686,868,055 Emails sent today ▲ 4.1M/sec
2,688,331,430 Google searches today ▲ 158,549/sec
19,624,819,444 WhatsApp messages sent today ▲ 1.2M/sec
4,906,204,861 Text messages (SMS) sent today ▲ 289,352/sec
490,620,486 ChatGPT prompts today ▲ 28,935/sec
98,124,097 Tweets sent today ▲ 5,787/sec
196,248,194 YouTube hours watched today hours ▲ 11,574/sec
860,266,057 Photos taken today ▲ 50,736/sec
1,471,861 Blog posts written today ▲ 87/sec
Environment
30,554,903,239 CO₂ emissions this year tons ▲ 1,186/sec
3,839,787 Forest loss this year hectares ▲ 8.9/min
9,803,712 Desertification this year hectares ▲ 22.8/min
338,064,678 Plastic produced this year tons ▲ 13/sec
1,133,622,857 Lightning strikes this year ▲ 44/sec
49,505 Threatened species
Animals & Nature
62,907,153,728 Chickens slaughtered for food this year ▲ 2,442/sec
Energy
86,545,453 Energy used today MWh ▲ 5,104/sec
71,041,846 — from non-renewable sources MWh ▲ 4,190/sec
15,503,607 — from renewable sources MWh ▲ 914/sec
19,624,819 Oil pumped today barrels ▲ 1,157/sec
1,590,580,375,180 Oil left barrels ▼ 1,157/sec
15,905 Days to the end of oil ▼ 1.0/day
Food & Water
645,000,000 Undernourished people in the world
2,500,000,000 Overweight adults in the world
890,000,000 Obese adults in the world
4,906 People who died of hunger today ▲ 17.4/min
3,267,904,089,802,131 Water used this year liters ▲ 127M/sec
857,824,823 Food wasted this year tons ▲ 33/sec
441,558,437 Cups of coffee drunk today ▲ 26,042/sec
Health
12,172,942 Communicable disease deaths this year ▲ 28.3/min
408,488 Seasonal flu deaths this year ▲ 57.1/hr
4,003,182 Deaths of children under 5 this year ▲ 9.3/min
41,000,000 People living with HIV
322,000,000 People living with depression
8,169,760 Deaths caused by cancer this year ▲ 19.0/min
3,120,346,291 Cigarettes smoked today ▲ 184,028/sec
6,535,808 Deaths caused by smoking this year ▲ 15.2/min
2,124,137 Deaths caused by alcohol this year ▲ 4.9/min
571,883 Suicides this year ▲ 1.3/min
972,201 Road traffic accident fatalities this year ▲ 2.3/min
City climate extremes
Discover the hottest, coldest, sunniest, rainiest, windiest, and snowiest cities using long-term climate averages.
Hottest cities (average high temperature)
40°C- #1 Arerti Ethiopia 40°C
- #2 Gâlâfi Djibouti 38°C
- #3 Al-Fāw Sudan 38°C
Coldest cities (average low temperature)
-16°C- #1 Oymyakon Russia -16°C
- #2 Artyk Russia -16°C
- #3 Batagay-Alyta Russia -15°C
Sunniest cities (annual sunshine hours)
4,100 h- #1 Sierra Gorda Chile 4,100 h
- #2 Baquedano Chile 4,097 h
- #3 María Elena Chile 4,091 h
Rainiest cities (annual rainfall)
23,824 mm- #1 Buenaventura Colombia 23,824 mm
- #2 Santa Rosa de Cabal Colombia 20,119 mm
- #3 Marsella Colombia 20,119 mm
Windiest cities (average peak wind)
41 km/h- #1 Vágur Faroe Islands 41 km/h
- #2 Tvøroyri Faroe Islands 41 km/h
- #3 Trongisvágur Faroe Islands 41 km/h
Snowiest cities (annual snowfall)
1,449 cm- #1 El Chaltén Argentina 1,449 cm
- #2 Stewart Canada 1,256 cm
- #3 Whistler Canada 1,238 cm
Rankings are based on long-term city climate data.
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Data sourced from World Bank, IMF, WHO, UNESCO, UN, IEA, FAO, and other authoritative organizations.
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