# Total population — IBT
> Latest: 6.99 billion persons (2025). Change: +1.0% 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/IBT
## Recent values
| Year | Value |
| :--- | :--- |
| 2021 | 6.73B |
| 2022 | 6.79B |
| 2023 | 6.86B |
| 2024 | 6.93B |
| 2025 | 6.99B |
## How to cite
APA: World Bank. (2025). Total population — IBT [Data set]. Retrieved October 22, 2026, from EconDash: https://econdash.org/chart/total-population/IBT. 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)