According to the most recent United Nations estimates elaborated by Worldometer, the current world population is 8,068,572,318 as of Wednesday, October 25, 2023. The population in the world is growing at a rate of around 0.88% per year in 2023, and the current population increase is estimated at around 70 million people per year. The United Nations projects that the world population will reach 10 billion in the year 2058, and it is expected to reach 9 billion in the year 2037. The world population is projected to reach 8.5 billion in 2030, and to increase further to 9.7 billion in 2050 and 10.4 billion by 2100.