In July 2020 world population was 7,794,798,739.

 Population in the world is currently (2020) growing at a rate of around 1.05% per year . The current average population increase is estimated at 81 million people per year.  World population has doubled (100% increase) in 40 years from 1959 (3 billion) to 1999 (6 billion). It is now estimated that it will take another nearly 40 years to increase by another 50% to become 9 billion by 2037.