Current world population billion.
This is how many people have been born on Earth throughout history. It is an estimate, not a census: the base is Population Reference Bureau, 2022.
The counter moves because births are added to the base estimate in real time at the UN rate — about 4 per second.
Each flash on the map is a new person. The number next to it is their place in this count.
A number is computed the same way — from the date of birth. The registry never issues the same number twice.
more — in the registry →Everyone has a unique number — their place in human history by order of birth. The number is the key to everything the platform offers.
What the number unlocks
The number is your place in the count of everyone ever born. It is computed from your date of birth.
Answer questions about what will happen. Answers are anonymous.
Address a letter to someone not yet born: it will wait until they grow up and claim their number. Or to yourself — in a day or in a hundred years.
Who was born first — Einstein or Picasso? Seven pairs a day, 15 seconds to answer. Guess right and you see the dates and the numbers.
Open the first pair →