Current World Population 2024. Not surprisingly, the largest countries in the world in terms of population are china and india, with both countries now having populations of well over a billion. World population prospects 2024 is the 28th edition of the official estimates and projections of the global population that have been published by the united nations since 1951.

Summary of results, prepared by the population division of the united nations department of economic and social affairs (un desa). This group includes china, germany,.