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MASS/07

The World Weighing House
Where does the human weight gather?

Population figures queue by the old scale.

40 arrived signsread 5 Sept 2026, 18:57
  1. 01
    World2025
    8,215B people
  2. 02
    IDA & IBRD total2025
    6,994B people
  3. 03
    Low & middle income2025
    6,792B people
  4. 04
    Middle income2025
    6,024B people
  5. 05
    IBRD only2025
    5,007B people
  6. 06
    Early-demographic dividend2025
    3,593B people
  7. 07
    Upper middle income2025
    3,079B people
  8. 08
    Lower middle income2025
    2,945B people
  9. 09
    East Asia & Pacific2025
    2,391B people
  10. 10
    Late-demographic dividend2025
    2,33B people
  11. 11
    East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)2025
    2,144B people
  12. 12
    East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)2025
    2,117B people
  13. 13
    IDA total2025
    1,987B people
  14. 14
    South Asia2025
    1,692B people
  15. 15
    South Asia (IDA & IBRD)2025
    1,692B people
  16. 16
    India2025
    1,464B people
  17. 17
    High income2025
    1,424B people
  18. 18
    China2025
    1,407B people
  19. 19
    OECD members2025
    1,402B people
  20. 20
    Sub-Saharan Africa2025
    1,322B people
  21. 21
    Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)2025
    1,322B people
  22. 22
    Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)2025
    1,322B people
  23. 23
    IDA only2025
    1,297B people
  24. 24
    Least developed countries: UN classification2025
    1,214B people
  25. 25
    Pre-demographic dividend2025
    1,133B people
  26. 26
    Post-demographic dividend2025
    1,133B people
  27. 27
    Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)2025
    965,149M people
  28. 28
    Europe & Central Asia2025
    932,525M people
  29. 29
    Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan2025
    828,025M people
  30. 30
    Africa Eastern and Southern2025
    788,844M people
  31. 31
    Low income2025
    767,49M people
  32. 32
    Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)2025
    753,903M people
  33. 33
    Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)2025
    748,49M people
  34. 34
    IDA blend2025
    689,783M people
  35. 35
    Latin America & Caribbean2025
    666,593M people
  36. 36
    Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)2025
    651,467M people
  37. 37
    Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)2025
    626,808M people
  38. 38
    Africa Western and Central2025
    532,81M people
  39. 39
    Arab World2025
    503,356M people
  40. 40
    Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)2025
    462,559M people