The World Counts (2024)

FAQs

Is the world count legit? ›

All the data used on TheWorldCounts is sourced from a large number of organisations, research institutions, news services etc. Our aim is to mainly use data from the world's most reputable organisations.

According to Professor Cribb, shortages of water, land, and energy combined with the increased demand from population and economic growth, will create a global food shortage around 2050.

TheWorldCounts is based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The site is being run and continuously updated by Esben Larsen and Karsten Bjerring Olsen. We work on bringing you the latest and most accurate live statistics on the state of the planet.

Our World in Data has been cited in academic scientific journals, medicine and global health journals, and social science journals. The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Economist have used Our World in Data as a source.

Earth will interact tidally with the Sun's outer atmosphere, which would decrease Earth's orbital radius. Drag from the chromosphere of the Sun would reduce Earth's orbit. These effects will counterbalance the impact of mass loss by the Sun, and the Sun will likely engulf Earth in about 7.59 billion years from now.

But by the 2030s, as temperatures rise, climate hazards are expected to increase all over the globe as different countries face more crippling heat waves, worsening coastal flooding and crop failures, the report says.

Among existing energy sources, renewable sources like solar, wind, and hydroelectric power are least likely to run out in the next 200 years since they rely on natural processes that are continuously replenished.

We must have food, water, air, and shelter to survive. If any one of these basic needs is not met, then humans cannot survive.

Looking farther into the future, other sources claim that things like aluminum might run dry in about 80 years. Other studies indicate that rhodium, followed by gold, platinum and tellurium, are some of the rarest elements in terms of their percentage in the planet's crust and their importance to society.

How many Earths are we using? ›

Humanity is using nature 1.7 times faster than our planet's biocapacity can regenerate. That's equivalent to using the resources of 1.7 Earths.

8.1 Billion (current)

The current world population is 8,117,299,832 as of Monday, June 24, 2024 according to the most recent United Nations estimates elaborated by Worldometer. The term "World Population" refers to the human population (the total number of humans currently living) of the world.

World Population:

reached 8 billion on November 15, 2022 according to the latest United Nations estimates.

Every year we extract almost 90 billion tons of biomass, fossil energy, metal and minerals from the earth - more than 11 tons for every single person on the planet.

In 2050, the world will be vastly different from what we know today, as a result of the integration of whole range of technologies, including: quantum computing, metaverse, augmented reality, nanotechnology, human brain-computer interfaces, driverless technology, artificial intelligence, workplace automation, robotics ...

June 2, 2022 -- By 2050, we will need to produce as much as 56% more food than we did in 2010 to feed the world's growing population. While experts agree we can do it using current farming and production practices, it could be catastrophic for the planet.

The resources that will be most scarce in the future, according to the report, are water, biodiversity and air, rare earth and metals, agriculture, waste disposal, processing power, youth, health and wellness, skills and education, and time.

Nonrenewable Resources

Nonrenewable energy resources include coal, natural gas, oil, and nuclear energy. Once these resources are used up, they cannot be replaced, which is a major problem for humanity as we are currently dependent on them to supply most of our energy needs.