Track live global statistics across population, health, economy, technology, environment, energy, and other major areas of daily life.
This feed lets you follow a wide range of continuously changing world indicators, including population growth, births and deaths, public spending, internet activity, production, environmental change, resource consumption, energy use, health statistics, and other global measures. Values are reported in their relevant units.
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| No. | Selection option | Current value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Current World Population | 8,311,031,544 | People |
| 2 | Births this year | 82,729,336 | Births |
| 3 | Births today | 20,281 | Births |
| 4 | Deaths this year | 38,982,456 | Deaths |
| 5 | Deaths today | 9,564 | Deaths |
| 6 | Net population growth this year | 43,746,900 | People |
| 7 | Net population growth today | 10,739 | People |
| 8 | Public Healthcare expenditure today | 1,025,313,169 | USD |
| 9 | Public Education expenditure today | 670,938,327 | USD |
| 10 | Public Military expenditure today | 269,436,327 | USD |
| 11 | Cars produced this year | 57,642,227 | Cars |
| 12 | Bicycles produced this year | 101,367,892 | Bicycles |
| 13 | Computers produced this year | 138,904,493 | Computers |
| 14 | New book titles published this year | 1,807,599 | Book titles |
| 15 | Newspapers circulated today | 25,271,052 | Newspaper copies |
| 16 | TV sets sold worldwide today | 38,188 | TV sets |
| 17 | Cellular phones sold today | 471,357 | Cellular phones |
| 18 | Money spent on videogames today | 19,646,012 | USD |
| 19 | Internet users in the world today | 7,317,525,574 | People |
| 20 | Emails sent today | 18,754,654,859 | Emails |
| 21 | Blog posts written today | 782,451 | Blog posts |
| 22 | Tweets sent today | 61,364,362 | Tweets |
| 23 | Google searches today | 779,033,464 | Searches |
| 24 | Forest loss this year (hectares) | 3,249,200 | Hectares |
| 25 | Land lost to soil erosion this year (ha) | 4,374,303 | Hectares |
| 26 | CO2 emissions this year (tons) | 25,076,101,777 | Tons |
| 27 | Desertification this year (hectares) | 7,497,399 | Hectares |
| 28 | Toxic chemicals released in the environment this year (tons) | 6,118,114 | Tons |
| 29 | Undernourished people in the world | 899,611,640 | People |
| 30 | Overweight people in the world | 1,799,540,145 | People |
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