World Population Pyramid 2021
World in 2021
The population of the World in 2021 was 7,954,448,392. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 11.9%, up from 7,110,923,765 in 2011.
With a median age of 30.8 years, the World had a youth dependency ratio of 39.4 and an old-age dependency ratio of 14.7 per 100 people of working age. This is a stationary pyramid — similar numbers in each age group up to the older cohorts, the signature of near-replacement fertility.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
The World Bank does not publish this indicator for regions or continents.
The World Bank does not publish this indicator for regions or continents.
281,808,905 immigrants live in World.
| India | 18,533,845 |
| China | 11,701,619 |
| Mexico | 11,596,529 |
| Ukraine | 9,769,216 |
| Russian Federation | 9,134,094 |
303,611,211 people born in World live in other countries.
| United States of America | 52,375,047 |
| Germany | 16,750,084 |
| Saudi Arabia | 13,683,841 |
| United Kingdom | 11,845,479 |
| France | 9,186,757 |





