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Northern Hemisphere population

About nine in ten people live in the Northern Hemisphere, a commonly rounded description. A current estimate from timeanddate is about 87%, so “roughly 87%, or nearly nine in ten” is more precise. This is an estimate: population changes, and the result depends on the source and reference year.

Synthetic illustration, not a population-density map.

![Conceptual illustration of population distribution by hemisphere](media/fact-888-illustration.webp)