Over the past 22 years, there were constantly more men than women living on the planet. Of the 7.95 billion people living on the Earth in 2022, four billion were men and 3.95 billion were women. One fourth of the world's total population in 2022 were below 15 years.
Global population from 2000 to 2022, 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
3.4
3.35
2009
3.45
3.39
2010
3.49
3.43
2011
3.53
3.47
2012
3.57
3.51
2013
3.62
3.56
2014
3.66
3.6
2015
3.7
3.64
2016
3.75
3.68
2017
3.79
3.73
2018
3.83
3.77
2019
3.87
3.81
2020
3.91
3.85
2021
3.95
3.88
2022
4
3.95
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World Bank. (September 19, 2023). Global population from 2000 to 2022, by gender (in billions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1328107/global-population-gender/
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