This section provides various tools, graphs, and tables on the World Population. Most data for this tool are drawn from the International Data Base (IDB) which offers additional demographic information for each country.
Year | Population | Annual Growth Rate (%) | Annual Population Change |
---|---|---|---|
1950 | 2,557,628,654 | 1.458 | 37,291,003 |
1951 | 2,594,919,657 | 1.611 | 41,812,974 |
1952 | 2,636,732,631 | 1.717 | 45,261,755 |
1953 | 2,681,994,386 | 1.796 | 48,155,498 |
1954 | 2,730,149,884 | 1.899 | 51,851,270 |
1955 | 2,782,001,154 | 1.912 | 53,181,139 |
1956 | 2,835,182,293 | 1.976 | 56,029,500 |
1957 | 2,891,211,793 | 1.963 | 56,767,494 |
1958 | 2,947,979,287 | 1.783 | 52,565,038 |
1959 | 3,000,544,325 | 1.409 | 42,284,055 |
1960 | 3,042,828,380 | 1.346 | 40,971,588 |
1961 | 3,083,799,968 | 1.820 | 56,119,083 |
1962 | 3,139,919,051 | 2.220 | 69,712,844 |
1963 | 3,209,631,895 | 2.223 | 71,349,967 |
1964 | 3,280,981,862 | 2.109 | 69,204,253 |
1965 | 3,350,186,115 | 2.096 | 70,230,383 |
1966 | 3,420,416,498 | 2.036 | 69,634,665 |
1967 | 3,490,051,163 | 2.062 | 71,956,340 |
1968 | 3,562,007,503 | 2.100 | 74,818,297 |
1969 | 3,636,825,800 | 2.076 | 75,512,908 |
1970 | 3,712,338,708 | 2.090 | 77,602,517 |
1971 | 3,789,941,225 | 2.011 | 76,217,179 |
1972 | 3,866,158,404 | 1.953 | 75,506,567 |
1973 | 3,941,664,971 | 1.890 | 74,494,615 |
1974 | 4,016,159,586 | 1.804 | 72,460,103 |
1975 | 4,088,619,689 | 1.739 | 71,096,155 |
1976 | 4,159,715,844 | 1.729 | 71,920,675 |
1977 | 4,231,636,519 | 1.702 | 72,039,323 |
1978 | 4,303,675,842 | 1.741 | 74,907,385 |
1979 | 4,378,583,227 | 1.652 | 72,341,072 |
1980 | 4,450,924,299 | 1.862 | 82,883,615 |
1981 | 4,533,807,914 | 1.765 | 80,022,654 |
1982 | 4,613,830,568 | 1.758 | 81,104,489 |
1983 | 4,694,935,057 | 1.676 | 78,708,685 |
1984 | 4,773,643,742 | 1.712 | 81,743,892 |
1985 | 4,855,387,634 | 1.729 | 83,944,807 |
1986 | 4,939,332,441 | 1.751 | 86,463,953 |
1987 | 5,025,796,394 | 1.735 | 87,210,890 |
1988 | 5,113,007,284 | 1.697 | 86,753,200 |
1989 | 5,199,760,484 | 1.681 | 87,406,294 |
1990 | 5,287,166,778 | 1.569 | 82,975,918 |
1991 | 5,370,142,696 | 1.581 | 84,914,827 |
1992 | 5,455,057,523 | 1.513 | 82,526,198 |
1993 | 5,537,583,721 | 1.462 | 80,932,370 |
1994 | 5,618,516,091 | 1.442 | 81,000,200 |
1995 | 5,699,516,291 | 1.411 | 80,396,121 |
1996 | 5,779,912,412 | 1.361 | 78,670,247 |
1997 | 5,858,582,659 | 1.322 | 77,456,825 |
1998 | 5,936,039,484 | 1.299 | 77,082,047 |
1999 | 6,013,121,531 | 1.275 | 76,689,130 |
2000 | 6,089,810,661 | 1.261 | 76,772,319 |
2001 | 6,166,582,980 | 1.245 | 76,768,464 |
2002 | 6,243,351,444 | 1.225 | 76,470,886 |
2003 | 6,319,822,330 | 1.217 | 76,904,536 |
2004 | 6,396,726,866 | 1.201 | 76,798,408 |
2005 | 6,473,525,274 | 1.201 | 77,731,723 |
2006 | 6,551,256,997 | 1.197 | 78,411,137 |
2007 | 6,629,668,134 | 1.185 | 78,528,640 |
2008 | 6,708,196,774 | 1.166 | 78,184,500 |
2009 | 6,786,381,274 | 1.140 | 77,389,657 |
2010 | 6,863,770,931 | 1.121 | 76,941,424 |
2011 | 6,940,712,355 | 1.107 | 76,831,609 |
2012 | 7,017,543,964 | 1.107 | 77,674,016 |
2013 | 7,095,217,980 | 1.093 | 77,582,125 |
2014 | 7,172,800,105 | 1.078 | 77,304,419 |
2015 | 7,250,104,524 | 1.061 | 76,942,673 |
2016 | 7,327,047,197 | 1.044 | 76,486,784 |
2017 | 7,403,533,981 | 1.024 | 75,806,566 |
2018 | 7,479,340,547 | 1.003 | 74,983,975 |
2019 | 7,554,324,522 | 0.980 | 74,036,987 |
2020 | 7,628,361,509 | 0.959 | 73,142,322 |
2021 | 7,701,503,831 | 0.939 | 72,283,386 |
2022 | 7,773,787,217 | 0.917 | 71,307,188 |
2023 | 7,845,094,405 | 0.895 | 70,249,583 |
2024 | 7,915,343,988 | 0.873 | 69,127,690 |
2025 | 7,984,471,678 | 0.853 | 68,084,040 |
2026 | 8,052,555,718 | 0.833 | 67,097,876 |
2027 | 8,119,653,594 | 0.813 | 66,050,473 |
2028 | 8,185,704,067 | 0.794 | 64,976,060 |
2029 | 8,250,680,127 | 0.774 | 63,875,991 |
2030 | 8,314,556,118 | 0.756 | 62,841,608 |
2031 | 8,377,397,726 | 0.739 | 61,877,890 |
2032 | 8,439,275,616 | 0.722 | 60,904,049 |
2033 | 8,500,179,665 | 0.705 | 59,911,548 |
2034 | 8,560,091,213 | 0.688 | 58,884,532 |
2035 | 8,618,975,745 | 0.672 | 57,903,387 |
2036 | 8,676,879,132 | 0.657 | 56,975,332 |
2037 | 8,733,854,464 | 0.641 | 56,021,142 |
2038 | 8,789,875,606 | 0.626 | 55,034,684 |
2039 | 8,844,910,290 | 0.611 | 54,011,561 |
2040 | 8,898,921,851 | 0.596 | 53,017,698 |
2041 | 8,951,939,549 | 0.582 | 52,059,468 |
2042 | 9,003,999,017 | 0.567 | 51,062,653 |
2043 | 9,055,061,670 | 0.552 | 50,021,790 |
2044 | 9,105,083,460 | 0.538 | 48,946,213 |
2045 | 9,154,029,673 | 0.523 | 47,903,754 |
2046 | 9,201,933,427 | 0.510 | 46,892,266 |
2047 | 9,248,825,693 | 0.496 | 45,849,044 |
2048 | 9,294,674,737 | 0.482 | 44,780,079 |
2049 | 9,339,454,816 | 0.468 | 43,693,039 |
2050 | 9,383,147,855 |
Growth rates are calculated using the formula:
r(t) = [ ( P(t+1) - P(t) ) / P(t) ] * 100
Where:
t = year r(t) = growth rate from midyear t to midyear t+1 P(t) = population at midyear t