What we count
We subtract estimated deaths today from estimated births today. A positive result means the number of people on Earth is growing.
World population growth today
How much the world population has grown since local midnight and the role of births and deaths.
Continuous calculation
WORLDPopulation balance today
211,764children born today
101,703people who died today
8,309,263,082current population
What lies behind this number
The number shows net world population change since local midnight: births minus deaths.
Why migration is absent
Moving changes national populations but not the number of people on Earth. A person crossing a border neither leaves nor enters the global total.
How Metrilum calculates it
We convert the difference between the 2026 annual birth and death projections into an average per second and display today's elapsed share.
Average daily population growth
UN data show that absolute global growth peaked earlier and is projected to slow.
Estimate and projection boundary: 1950, 1975 and 2000 are derived from UN historical estimates. 2025 and 2050 are derived from the medium projection.
YearGrowth per dayType
1950118,653estimate
1975200,982estimate
2000228,665estimate
2025189,636projection
2050111,374projection
How the number is calculated
The difference between projected births and deaths in 2026 is scaled by elapsed time.
Formula used
G(t) = (B₂₀₂₆ − D₂₀₂₆) × elapsed seconds today ÷ seconds in the yearNet growth in 202668,866,160births minus deaths
Average per day188,549people per 24 hours
Calculation interval0.1 sContinuous calculation
Births
Take projected live births in 2026.
Deaths
Subtract projected total deaths in 2026.
Elapsed share
Scale the result by the elapsed part of the day. The counter restarts at midnight in the visitor's device time zone.
Where the data comes from
Growth is derived from the latest published 2026 births and deaths values in World Population Prospects 2024, checked on 11 August 2026.
Latest published and verified source value
- Publisher
- UN Population Division
- Calculation
- Births minus deaths
- Reference year
- 2026
- Variant
- Medium projection
- Coverage
- Worldwide
- Checked
- 11 August 2026