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World Population

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.

Total Midyear Population for the World: 1950-2050
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    

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base.

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
Source: U.S. Census Bureau | International Programs | International Data Base   Revised:August 28, 2012   Version: Data:12.0625 Code:12.0321