Global Observatory of Life & Death
Births, deaths, causes of death and life expectancy, with a sourced historical timeline. Every number on this site traces to a source, a method and an update time.
Model estimates
World population ESTIMATEDPROJECTED
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Linear interpolation between UN 1 January totals
Births today ESTIMATEDPROJECTED
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Since 00:00 on your local date
Global deaths today ESTIMATEDPROJECTED
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Since 00:00 on your local date
Deaths this year ESTIMATEDPROJECTED
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Since 1 January, 00:00 UTC
Live estimates need JavaScript. For 2026 the UN medium-variant projection is 132,503,469 births and 63,637,314 deaths worldwide, from a population of 8,266,245,291 on 1 January.
GLOBAL DEATHS TODAY — ESTIMATED. Estimated from annual demographic statistics. This is a continuously updated model, not a real-time count of registered deaths. Based on the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium-variant projection for the current year. Model-based estimate, not a live count. How it is calculated
Figures shown are for 2026. World Population Prospects 2024 (published July 2024) is the UN's most recent edition: it reports estimates up to 2023, so every figure for 2024 onward is a UN projection, not a reported count. This site will move to the next edition when the UN publishes it.
Your local day started before the UTC new year, so today's figures count from 1 January 00:00 UTC.
Figures shown are for 2026. World Population Prospects 2024 (published July 2024) is the UN's most recent edition: it reports estimates up to 2023, so every figure for 2024 onward is a UN projection, not a reported count. This site will move to the next edition when the UN publishes it.
Your local day started before the UTC new year, so today's figures count from 1 January 00:00 UTC.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
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SELECTED STATISTICS
61,651,608
deaths worldwide in 2023, UN estimate
UN WPP 2024 ESTIMATED
132,110,264
births worldwide in 2023, UN estimate
UN WPP 2024 ESTIMATED
46.4 → 73.2
years of life expectancy at birth, 1950 → 2023
UN WPP 2024 ESTIMATED
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Life / Death
Causes of death, life expectancy by region, and annual deaths since 1950.
Timeline
42 verified events, each figure labelled and sourced.
Conflict · Disaster · Memory
PREVIEW A few representative events each. Full sections arrive in Phase 2.
Methodology
Sources, counter model, labels, editorial policy, changelog and corrections.