Over the past 23 years, there were constantly more men than women living on the planet. Of the 8.06 billion people living on the Earth in 2023, 4.05 billion were men and 4.01 billion were women. One-quarter of the world's total population in 2024 was below 15 years.
Global population from 2000 to 2023, by gender
(in billions)
Characteristic
Men
Women
2000
3.08
3.03
2001
3.12
3.07
2002
3.16
3.11
2003
3.2
3.15
2004
3.24
3.19
2005
3.28
3.23
2006
3.32
3.27
2007
3.36
3.31
2008
3.44
3.39
2009
3.48
3.44
2010
3.52
3.48
2011
3.57
3.52
2012
3.61
3.56
2013
3.66
3.61
2014
3.7
3.65
2015
3.75
3.69
2016
3.79
3.74
2017
3.83
3.78
2018
3.87
3.82
2019
3.91
3.86
2020
3.95
3.9
2021
3.99
3.94
2022
4.02
3.97
2023
4.05
4.01
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World Bank. (September 19, 2024). Global population from 2000 to 2023, by gender (in billions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 13, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1328107/global-population-gender/
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