Archive · 1 Oct 2025
2025: Tokyo Leads, Delhi Second in World City Populations
Imagine all the people in the world!
The total number of people is growing, and experts have made some guesses, which are called projections, about how many people there will be in the future.
Right now, in 2025, there's about 8.2 billion people in the world.
India has a lot of people, even more than China.
Tokyo is expected to be the city with the most people, and Delhi will be second.
By 2050, the world will have about 9.7 billion people.
Then the number of people will eventually stop growing at 10.3 billion around the middle of the 2080s.
UN projects the global population will reach 8.2 billion in 2025.
The global population is projected to hit 9.7 billion by 2050.
World population is projected to peak at 10.3 billion in the mid-2080s.
India surpassed China as the most populous country in 2023.
China's population is projected at 1.4 billion in 2025.
- Who
- No specific individuals or groups are mentioned, but the focus is on city populations globally.
- What
- Projections for the world's largest cities by population in 2025, including global and national population figures.
- When
- 2025 (projections), 2023 (India's population), mid-2080s (peak population)
- Where
- Globally, with specific mentions of Tokyo, Delhi, India, and China.
- Why
- To provide insight into demographic trends and the distribution of populations across major cities and countries.
- Global Population (2025)
- 8.2 billion (projected)
- Global Population (2050)
- 9.7 billion (projected)
- Peak Global Population
- 10.3 billion (mid-2080s, projected)
- India Population (2023)
- 1.42 billion
- China Population (2025)
- 1.4 billion