How the numbers work
Earth Stats shows live estimates, not real-time measurements. Almost no organisation counts the world second by second. Instead, we take the latest yearly figure from a published source and spread it evenly over the year, so a number like "births this year" counts up steadily from 1 January. Figures that describe a level, such as people online, start from the source's latest value and move at its recent trend.
That means every live number is an approximation. It can differ from the true value, and it will change when sources publish new data. Each stat on the site names its source and, where it isn't a figure published directly by that source, says how it was produced:
- Yearly figure, counted live: a published yearly total spread evenly over time.
- Calculated by Earth Stats: worked out from one or more published figures. The calculation is described below.
- Rough estimate: a widely cited figure with high uncertainty. Treat it as an order of magnitude.
Your Earth uses UN population and births data and NOAA CO₂ records, interpolated between published years, so your personal figures are estimates too.
Sources
Every stat on the site, where it comes from and how it is produced. Last reviewed October 2026.
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