There are approximately how many people in the world today?

At present the world population is approximately 7.6 billion people distributed in 197 countries. The world population growth rate is 1.08% per annum, that is, with each passing year, the number of inhabitants of our planet increases about 83 million people. Although this growth rate is slightly lower than in the last century, United Nations estimates indicate that the world population could reach 10 billion people by 2055.

Negative effects are it can drain the resources of that country, creates enemies with other countries, and a positive is that I can change some bad laws to good ones