World Population 2024 By Race And Gender. In its 2022 publication, the un estimated that, in its medium scenario, the global population would peak in 2086 at around 10.4 billion people. The report forecasts that the world’s population will continue to swell over the next several decades — growing from 8.2 billion people in 2024 to a peak of nearly 10.3 billion people in.

For most of human history, the world population was well under one million. The 2024 report marks 30 years since the.