Nearly 44% of world's population watched FIFA World Cup 2014
According to FIFA, the 2014 edition of the FIFA World Cup was watched by 3.2 billion people (approximately 44% of world's population) on their in-home televisions for at least a minute or more. Meanwhile, the total audience for the final between Argentina and Germany, including in-home and out-of-home figures for viewers watching for at least one minute, hit 1.013 billion.