Category
Human Life
Population, health and longevity: how many people there are and how long and how well they live.
- Metrics
- 3
- Headline
- 2
- Last ingestion
- 2026-09-07 05:31 UTC
Headline metrics, world
Headline metric
Life expectancy at birth
Observed
Number of years a newborn would live if current age-specific mortality rates stayed constant throughout its life.
73.48years
period 2024World
improving+0.21%1yimproving+0.24%10y CAGR
Headline metric
World population
Observed
Total population, counting all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship, at mid-year.
8.22Bpeople
period 2025World
contextual+0.92%1ycontextual+0.99%10y CAGR
Other metrics, world
Human Life
Under-5 mortality rate
Observed
Probability per 1,000 that a newborn will die before reaching age five, at current age-specific mortality rates.
37.4deaths per 1,000 live births
period 2024World
improving-2.35%1yimproving-1.59%10y CAGR