# Total population — IBD
> Latest: 5.01 billion persons (2025). Change: +0.5% vs 2024.
- Unit: persons
- Frequency: Annual · Coverage: 1960–2025
- Data updated: 2026-10-08
- Source: World Bank — SP.POP.TOTL — https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL
- License: CC BY 4.0
- Interactive chart: https://econdash.org/chart/total-population/IBD
## Recent values
| Year | Value |
| :--- | :--- |
| 2021 | 4.91B |
| 2022 | 4.93B |
| 2023 | 4.95B |
| 2024 | 4.98B |
| 2025 | 5.01B |
## How to cite
APA: World Bank. (2025). Total population — IBD [Data set]. Retrieved November 13, 2026, from EconDash: https://econdash.org/chart/total-population/IBD. Original source: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL
## Full data
Full time series: https://econdash.org/docs/agent-payments (free API trial for core indicators of 10 major economies; otherwise an API key or pay per call)