8000000000 — that's how many humans live on Earth as of November 15, 2022, give or take.
The global population on Tuesday hit the imposing 8-billion mark, doubling in about 48 years from the time it hit the 4 billion mark in 1974. It was also the fastest addition of 1 billion humans to the population.
It took almost 11 years for humans to add another 1 billion humans on the planet. It was in October 2011 when the world population hit the 7 billion milestone.
With 177 million, India largest contributor to global population milestone of 8 billion: UN
At the turn of the 19th century, there were just about 1.6 billion humans on the planet. Which means that global population has risen almost 5-fold since the early 1990s.
