The world in 2085 (projected)

For 1 January 2085, the UN projects 10.3 billion people alive, and 118 million births and 119 million deaths during the year.

That is 1.99 billion more people than in 2026.

The median age is 40.6. 17% of the people are under 15 and 23% are 65 or older.

Life expectancy at birth is 80.4 years, and women have 1.9 children on average at that year’s rates.

Countries with more than 100 million people: 21.

Figures for 2085 are UN projections (medium variant). Estimates end in 2023.

Population, 1 January 2085

10,289,115,830

Median age

40.6

Births in 2085

117,622,288

Deaths in 2085

118,940,918

Life expectancy at birth

80.4

Children per woman

1.90

Under 15

17.5%

65 and over

22.6%