{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "id": "world-population",
  "name": "Current World Population and Population by Country",
  "description": "Explore a modelled live world population counter and the latest population estimates for every country, based on World Bank and UN data.",
  "page_url": "https://dynamicfacts.org/world-population.html",
  "data_url": "https://dynamicfacts.org/data/world-population.json",
  "languages": [
    "en",
    "es",
    "zh",
    "hi",
    "ar",
    "fr",
    "pt",
    "ru",
    "de",
    "ja"
  ],
  "indicator_type": "interpolated",
  "unit": "people",
  "reference_period": "latest World Bank release",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-12",
  "primary_sources": [
    "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL"
  ],
  "methodology_url": "https://dynamicfacts.org/methodology.html",
  "terms_url": "https://dynamicfacts.org/terms.html",
  "note": "Animated values are explanatory models unless the indicator type explicitly says direct catalogue data."
}