Today

So far today, 0 people have been born and 0 have died.

Measured, not estimated

All observed readings →

CO₂ · NOAA: —ppm
Temp anomaly · NASA: —°C
Arctic ice · NOAA: —M km²

Today's Numbers

Births Today

Deaths Today

Population Growth

people

CO₂ Emitted

tonnes CO₂

Forest Cleared

hectares

Primary Energy Used

MWh

Freshwater Withdrawn

litres

Food Wasted

tonnes

Google Searches

Military Spending

Education Spending

Photos Taken

0FOOD WASTED TODAYtonnes

happening at the same time

0HUNGER-RELATED CHILD DEATHS TODAYdeaths

Today in Context

10,000 BCE1000 CEYear 2000Today

World Population

4.5M

323M

6.2B

8.3B

Births a Day

—

~372K

~362K

Deaths a Day

—

~143K

~169K

Daily CO₂ from Human Activity

—

~87M tonnes

~116M tonnes

— means no published figure for that year. The Today column is the counters’ own registry; the rest are published reconstructions, sourced below.

Where the historical figures come from

World population — Our World in Data (HYDE 3.3, Gapminder, UN WPP 2024)
Births in the year, averaged per day — UN World Population Prospects 2024, via Our World in Data
Deaths in the year, averaged per day — UN World Population Prospects 2024, via Our World in Data
CO₂ from fossil fuels, industry and land-use change, averaged per day — Global Carbon Budget 2025, via Our World in Data

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