World Population In Billion In 2024. Elaboration of data by united nations, department of economic and social affairs, population division. Not surprisingly, the largest countries in the world in terms of population are china and india, with both countries now having populations of well over a billion.
That’s according to statista, which expects an annual growth rate of 9.91%. Analyzing climate hazards for 996 of the world’s largest cities — home to 2.1 billion people (26% of the global population) — the projections show a sizable difference between 1.5.