Getty Images SEATTLE, WA - NOVEMBER 09: Quarterback Russell Wilson #3 of the Seattle Seahawks warms up before the game against the New York Giants at CenturyLink Field on November 9, 2014 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images) On November 15, 2022, the world’s population reached 8 billion people, a new personal best in human development for this planet. Since then the surface population has grown to 8,214,939,609 as of today, Friday, March28, 2025. So it says a lot about