The World in Numbers

by Writersroom Boardwalk: World Bank

🌍 The World in Numbers 1. 💰 World GDP - $118.35 Trillion (2025, World Bank) 2. 💵 World GDP Per Capita ~ $15,700 (IMF 2026) 3. 📈 Global Economic Growth - 3.0% (IMF 2026 Forecast) 4. 💸 Global Inflation ~ 4.7% (IMF 2026 Forecast) 5. 🧑‍💼 Global Unemployment - 4.9% (ILO 2026) 6. ❤️ Global Life Expectancy ~ 73.5 Years 7. ⚡ Access to Electricity ~ 92% of World Population 8. 📱 Unique Mobile Users - 5.83 Billion 9. 📲 Social Media User Identities - 5.79 Billion 10. 🤖 Generative AI Users - 2.42 Billion 11. 📡 5G Population Coverage - 50%+ 12. 📶 Mobile-Broadband Coverage - 96%+ 13. 🏙️ City Population ~ 45% (UN Degree of Urbanization) 14. 🌆 Largest City by Population - Jakarta, ~42 Million 15. 🌍 International Migrants ~ 304 Million (mid-2024) 16. 🏠 Forcibly Displaced People - 117.8 Million (end-2025) 17. 🍽️ People Facing Hunger ~ 7.8% of World Population (2025) 18. 🥗 People Facing Food Insecurity ~ 2.1 Billion (2025) 19. 💧 People Without Safely Managed Drinking Water ~ 2.1 Billion 20. 🚽 People Without Safely Managed Sanitation ~ 3.4 Billion 21. 🌲 Global Forest Coverage ~ 31.8% of Land 22. 🌳 Global Forest Area - 4.14 Billion Hectares 23. 🛡️ Forests in Protected Areas ~ 20% 24. ⚠️ Threatened Species - 49,500+ 25. 🏭 Global Energy Demand Growth ~ 1.3% (2025) 26. ☀️ Renewable Capacity Added ~ 800 GW (2025) 27. ☀️ Solar Share of New Renewable Capacity ~ 75% 28. 🔋 Battery Storage Capacity Added ~ 110 GW (2025) 29. ⚛️ Nuclear Construction Starts - 12+ GW (2025) 30. 🌍 Energy-Related CO₂ Emissions Growth ~ 0.4% (2025) 31. ☀️ Solar PV - Largest Source of New Global Power Capacity 32. 🚗 Global Electric Car Sales - 20 Million+ (2025) 33. 🛢️ Global Oil Demand - 100+ Million Barrels/Day 34. 🌡️ Global Temperature - Record-High Levels 35. 🛰️ Satellites Ever Placed in Orbit ~ 27,490 36. 🛰️ Satellites Still in Space ~ 18,300-19,900 37. 🛰️ Functioning Satellites ~ 15,900-16,800 38. 🧭 Tracked Space Objects ~ 35,000-47,000 39. 🗑️ Orbital Objects Mass - 17,000+ Tonnes 40. 🚀 Orbital Launches Since 1957 ~ 7,320 41. 💥 Major Orbital Fragmentation Events - 660+ 42. 🌌 Confirmed Exoplanets - 6,300+ 43. 🌕 Known Planetary Moons - 450+ 44. 🌾 Agriculture's Share of Global Freshwater Withdrawals ~ 70% 45. 🐟 Global Fish & Seafood Production - 190+ Million Tonnes 46. 🌾 Global Cereal Production - 3 Billion+ Tonnes/Year 47. 🧑‍🌾 People Working in Agriculture ~ 1 Billion+ 48. 🌊 Oceans Cover ~ 71% of Earth's Surface 49. 🌍 Land Covers ~ 29% of Earth's Surface 50. 🌐 Earth's Surface Area ~ 510 Million km² Sources: UN, World Bank, IMF, ITU, IEA, FAO, WHO, IUCN, ESA, NASA, UNHCR, ILO and other Web sources.