Births
Born today
per second
4.45
per minute
267
per year
140M
Every second on Earth
people are born and pass away
The counter shows approximate figures since the start of the day in UTC, based on UN average estimates.
Deaths
Died today
per second
1.93
per minute
116
per year
61M
World population now
Growth ≈ 2.5 people per second
Geography
Where people live
Demographics
Largest ethnic groups
Planet
The planet under pressure
Humanity's footprint in real time: how much carbon dioxide, forest, ocean plastic and fresh water the world has used since January 1 — live estimates based on average annual rates.
CO₂
Tonnes of CO₂ emitted
per second
1,190
per minute
71,400
per year
37.4B tonnes
Forests
Hectares of forest lost
per second
0.32
per minute
19
per year
10M ha
Plastic
Tonnes of plastic into the ocean
per second
0.35
per minute
21
per year
11M tonnes
Water
Cubic metres of fresh water used
per second
126,839
per minute
7.6M m³
per year
4T m³
Estimates based on average annual rates: Global Carbon Budget (≈37.4 Gt of CO₂ per year), FAO (≈10 M ha of forest per year), ocean plastic research (≈11 M t per year), UN-Water (≈4 trillion m³ of fresh water per year).
About Pulse
A real-time portrait of humanity
Pulse is a live world population counter showing how many people are born and how many pass away every second on Earth. The numbers are calculated from average daily estimates published by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs in the World Population Prospects report.
The site is available in eleven languages and adapts automatically to your browser settings. It is meant as a quiet reminder of scale: behind every digit there is a real human story.
How the counter works
The counter starts from zero at midnight UTC and grows every second using a fixed average rate: about 4.45 births and 1.93 deaths per second. Total world population is estimated as a baseline of 8.2 billion plus the running difference between births and deaths.
These are statistical averages, not live measurements — the real-time figure is an approximation, useful for visualizing magnitudes rather than for exact reporting.
Frequently asked questions
How many people are born every second?
About 4.45 people on average — roughly 267 per minute, 385 thousand per day, and 140 million per year.
How many people die every second?
About 1.93 people on average — roughly 116 per minute, 167 thousand per day, and 61 million per year.
What is the source of these numbers?
United Nations World Population Prospects, the most widely cited demographic dataset published by the UN Population Division.
How much CO₂ does humanity emit?
About 37.4 billion tonnes of CO₂ per year — roughly 1,190 tonnes every second, mostly from fossil fuels.
How much forest does the planet lose?
About 10 million hectares per year — roughly a football pitch every two seconds, mainly to agriculture.