← World Bank Open Data (World Development Indicators)
Coverage 1960-01-01 to 2025-01-01 · series id worldbank/SP.POP.TOTL:WLD
Recent values
| Period | Value | Revision |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-01 | 8,215,424,893 | 1 |
| 2024-01-01 | 8,140,897,523 | 1 |
| 2023-01-01 | 8,062,923,417 | 1 |
| 2022-01-01 | 7,988,550,201 | 1 |
| 2021-01-01 | 7,919,567,995 | 1 |
| 2020-01-01 | 7,853,863,139 | 1 |
| 2019-01-01 | 7,777,162,476 | 1 |
| 2018-01-01 | 7,696,159,728 | 1 |
| 2017-01-01 | 7,613,788,655 | 1 |
| 2016-01-01 | 7,528,221,579 | 1 |
| 2015-01-01 | 7,441,084,771 | 1 |
| 2014-01-01 | 7,353,532,223 | 1 |
Verification history
| Check | Result | Expected | Actual | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| freshness | pass | 3d ago |
License and citation
License cc-by-4.0 (terms). Source: The World Bank, World Development Indicators. Licensed under CC BY-4.0.
Official table: Population, total · The World Bank Group
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curl "https://starwell.dev/api/starwell/v1/sources/worldbank/series/SP.POP.TOTL:WLD/observations?latest=12"
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<img src="https://starwell.dev/sources/worldbank/SP.POP.TOTL:WLD/chart.svg"
alt="Population, total" width="720" />
curl -X POST "https://starwell.dev/api/starwell/v1/answer" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"question": "What is the latest value?", "series": [{"source": "worldbank", "seriesId": "SP.POP.TOTL:WLD"}]}'