How many people are there on earth?

There are 7.057 billion people in the world.

According to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, as of January 4, 2013, there were 7.057 billion people in the world. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that the global population exceeded 7 billion on March 12, 2012.

The United Nations Population Fund shows that the global population reached 7 billion on October 31, 2011, and 7.1 billion in 2014. In 2016, the world population reached 7,262,306,342 people (7.26231 billion).

Distribution characteristics:

1. Population growth is unevenly distributed in time and space: the time for the population to double in a century is constantly shortening; growth between continents and countries The speeds vary greatly.

2. The world’s population is mainly concentrated in the northern and eastern hemispheres, middle and low latitudes, and coastal areas.

3. World population structure: The population is aging rapidly. (White Hair Wave)

4. World population migration: large-scale population movement in modern times: Europe immigrated to the Americas, Australia and New Zealand, Africa immigrated to the Americas, and Asian countries emigrated.

5. Population problem: The population is growing too fast, and the population is over-urbanized in the development of urbanization.