2024 estimate
8.2B · People
Estimated world population in 2024, rounded to one decimal billion.
Dated population estimate. This figure is not a live counter.
UN DESA · World Population Prospects 2024 ↗Approximate physical reference · checked 29 October 2026
71% · Ocean coverage
Approximately 71% of Earth’s surface is covered by the global ocean.
Surface-area fraction. This is not the fraction of Earth’s water that is fresh.
NASA Science · Facts About Earth ↗17 October 2026 application capture
18 · Infrastructure realms
Eighteen entrances into the infrastructure systems represented in Archo’s existing application.
Archo’s own classification. Detailed record coverage varies by realm and geography.
ArchoSystem · original application capture
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