Worldometer - real time world statistics

World Population:

• has reached 7 billion on October 31, 2011.
• is projected to reach 8 billion in 2023, 9 billion in 2037, and 10 billion people in the year 2055.
• has doubled in 40 years from 1959 (3 billion) to 1999 (6 billion).
• is currently (2020) growing at a rate of around 1.05 % per year, adding 81 million people per year to the total.
• growth rate reached its peak in the late 1960s, when it was at 2.09%.
• growth rate is currently declining and is projected to continue to decline in the coming years (reaching below 0.50% by 2050, and 0.03% in 2100) .
• a tremendous change occurred with the industrial revolution: whereas it had taken all of human history up to the year 1800 for world population to reach 1 billion, the second billion was achieved in only 130 years (1930), the third billion in 30 years (1960), the fourth billion in 15 years (1974), the fifth billion in 13 years (1987), the sixth billion in 12 years (1999) and the seventh billion in 12 years (2011). During the 20th century alone, the population in the world has grown from 1.65 billion to 6 billion.

Sources for the world population counter:

• World Population Prospect: the 2019 Revision - United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (June 2019)
• International Programs Center at the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division

For more detailed information:

• World Population (Worldometer)

"this year" = from January 1 (00:00) up to now

"today" = from the beginning of the current day up to now

"net population growth" = births minus deaths

Quick facts:

• Total global healthcare expenditure represent around 9% of world GDP
• Government portion of healthcare expenditure is around 60%

Sources and info:

• World Health Statistics - World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Economic Outlook (WEO) - International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• World Development Indicators (WDI) - World Bank

Sources and info:

• Car Production Statistics - International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA)
• Global Auto Report [Pdf file] - ScotiaBank
• Light Vehicle Production Forecasts - IHS

Quick facts:

• As recently as 1965, bicycle and car production volumes were essentially the same, at nearly 20 million each per year, but as of 2003 bike production had climbed to over 100 million per year compared with around 50 million cars produced that year.

Sources and info:

• Elaboration of Worldwatch Institute data
• Bicycle Retailer and Industry News - Statistics

Sources and info:

• Display Search - worldwide leader in display market research

Sources and info:

• Internet Live Stats (InternetLiveStats.com)

Quick Facts:

• CO2 Emissions shown are from Fossil Fuel Combustion

Sources and info:

• International Energy Agency (IEA) Statistics - CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion
• Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR)
• Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) - United States Department of Energy
• U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

Sources and info:

• Hunger Stats - United Nations World Food Programme
• World Health Report - World Health Organization (WHO)
• The State of the World's Children - United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Sources and info:

• Annual Medical Spending Attributable To Obesity: Payer-And Service-Specific Estimates
  by:
  RTI International
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - US Dept of Health and Human Services
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• America's Health Rankings (report by the United Health Foundation, the American Public Health Association and Partnership for Prevention)
• The U.S. Weight Loss & Diet Control Market - MarketData Enterprises, Inc., May 1, 2011
• America's Health Rankings (report by the United Health Foundation, the American Public Health Association and Partnership for Prevention)

Quick Facts:

• Withdrawals for irrigation are nearly 70% of the total withdrawn for human uses, those for industry 20%, and those for municipal use about 10%

Sources and info:

• Global Water Outlook to 2025 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
• World Water Council

Sources and info:

• Drinking Water - World Health Organization (WHO)
• Water - World Health Organization (WHO)

Sources and info:

• Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene - World Health Organization (WHO)
• Water - World Health Organization (WHO)
• Water-related diseases: information sheets - World Health Organization (WHO)

Sources and info:

• Renewables Global Status Report - REN21

Sources and info:

• World Proved Reserves of Oil and Natural Gas, Most Recent Estimates - Energy Information Administration (EIA) - Data from BP Statistical Review, Oil & Gas Journal, World Oil, BP Statistical Review, CEDIGAZ, and Oil & Gas Journal.

Countdown to the end of Oil:

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Assumption:

• If consumed at current rates

Sources and info:

• World Proved Reserves of Oil and Natural Gas, Most Recent Estimates - Energy Information Administration (EIA) - Data from BP Statistical Review, Oil & Gas Journal, World Oil, BP Statistical Review, CEDIGAZ, and Oil & Gas Journal.

Quick facts:

• Every year an estimated 290,000 to 650,000 people die in the world due to complications from seasonal influenza (flu) viruses.
• This figure corresponds to 795 to 1,781 deaths per day due to the seasonal flu.

Sources and info:

• Seasonal flu death estimate increases worldwide - CDC
• Up to 650 000 people die of respiratory diseases linked to seasonal flu each year - World Health Organization (WHO)

Sources and info:

• Sexual and reproductive health - World Health Organization (WHO)
• Shah, I.; Ahman, E. (December 2009). "Unsafe abortion: global and regional incidence, trends, consequences, and challenges" (Pdf). Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada 31 (12): 1149–58. PMID 20085681

Sources and info:

• Cancer - World Health Organization (WHO)

Sources and info:

• Malaria - World Health Organization (WHO)