Population Of The World 2024 Adults And Children. Of these, some 340,000 were born to children under age 15, with. The un department of economic and social affairs (desa) published a 2024 revision of ‘world population prospects,’ which presents the latest global population estimates and projections.
Children under age 5, by world region with un projections. The majority of the world’s population lives in asia, with china and india being the world’s most populous countries, accounting for over 2.8 billion of the planet’s total.