Highest Population In The World 2024 Wikipedia. Niger has the highest birth rate in the world, 44.458 births per 1,000 people annually. Among these are shanghai and beijing in china, with populations of 29.9m and 22.2m million respectively, along with delhi (33.8m), and mumbai (21.7m) in india.

Nigeria, over the last fifty years, has witnessed a staggering 384.2% increase in its population,. Asia is the most populous continent in the world, with 4.81 billion people accounting for nearly 58.89% of the world population as of 2024.