Total Midyear Population for the World: 1950-2050 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Average Average annual annual growth population Year Population rate (%) change ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1950 2,555,982,611 1.47 37,768,237 1951 2,593,750,848 1.61 42,042,862 1952 2,635,793,710 1.70 45,320,983 1953 2,681,114,693 1.77 47,842,880 1954 2,728,957,573 1.86 51,339,043 1955 2,780,296,616 1.88 52,854,158 1956 2,833,150,774 1.95 55,718,773 1957 2,888,869,547 1.93 56,393,986 1958 2,945,263,533 1.76 52,218,932 1959 2,997,482,465 1.39 41,951,479 1960 3,039,433,944 1.33 40,629,803 1961 3,080,063,747 1.80 56,018,983 1962 3,136,082,730 2.19 69,405,494 1963 3,205,488,224 2.19 71,002,977 1964 3,276,491,201 2.08 68,918,678 1965 3,345,409,879 2.07 70,135,995 1966 3,415,545,874 2.02 69,649,013 1967 3,485,194,887 2.04 71,751,266 1968 3,556,946,153 2.07 74,532,014 1969 3,631,478,167 2.05 75,127,263 1970 3,706,605,430 2.07 77,399,396 1971 3,784,004,826 2.01 76,797,341 1972 3,860,802,167 1.96 76,393,387 1973 3,937,195,554 1.91 75,729,110 1974 4,012,924,664 1.81 73,487,421 1975 4,086,412,085 1.75 72,053,523 1976 4,158,465,608 1.72 72,335,321 1977 4,230,800,929 1.69 72,273,330 1978 4,303,074,259 1.73 75,193,122 1979 4,378,267,381 1.71 75,642,427 1980 4,453,909,808 1.69 76,039,499 1981 4,529,949,307 1.75 80,168,081 1982 4,610,117,388 1.73 80,250,158 1983 4,690,367,546 1.68 79,329,325 1984 4,769,696,871 1.68 80,601,508 1985 4,850,298,379 1.68 82,358,080 1986 4,932,656,459 1.72 85,726,195 1987 5,018,382,654 1.71 86,297,258 1988 5,104,679,912 1.67 85,999,672 1989 5,190,679,584 1.66 86,932,903 1990 5,277,612,487 1.56 82,824,340 1991 5,360,436,827 1.54 83,061,012 1992 5,443,497,839 1.49 81,950,829 1993 5,525,448,668 1.45 80,488,013 1994 5,605,936,681 1.43 80,609,621 1995 5,686,546,302 1.39 79,323,879 1996 5,765,870,181 1.38 80,303,156 1997 5,846,173,337 1.34 78,985,158 1998 5,925,158,495 1.32 78,441,630 1999 6,003,600,125 1.29 77,925,034 2000 6,081,525,159 1.27 77,461,768 2001 6,158,986,927 1.25 77,172,243 2002 6,236,159,170 1.23 76,875,952 2003 6,313,035,122 1.21 76,550,888 2004 6,389,586,010 1.18 76,142,275 2005 6,465,728,285 1.17 75,966,274 2006 6,541,694,559 1.16 76,069,508 2007 6,617,764,067 1.14 76,188,253 2008 6,693,952,320 1.13 76,294,170 2009 6,770,246,490 1.12 76,311,761 2010 6,846,558,251 1.11 76,285,128 2011 6,922,843,379 1.09 76,131,391 2012 6,998,974,770 1.08 75,653,154 2013 7,074,627,924 1.05 74,941,864 2014 7,149,569,788 1.03 74,067,101 2015 7,223,636,889 1.01 73,208,044 2016 7,296,844,933 0.99 72,416,695 2017 7,369,261,628 0.97 71,558,106 2018 7,440,819,734 0.95 70,657,254 2019 7,511,476,988 0.92 69,700,365 2020 7,581,177,353 0.90 68,911,583 2021 7,650,088,936 0.89 68,285,349 2022 7,718,374,285 0.87 67,573,833 2023 7,785,948,118 0.85 66,843,601 2024 7,852,791,719 0.84 66,105,149 2025 7,918,896,868 0.82 65,503,744 2026 7,984,400,612 0.81 65,031,515 2027 8,049,432,127 0.80 64,509,283 2028 8,113,941,410 0.79 63,995,237 2029 8,177,936,647 0.77 63,504,161 2030 8,241,440,808 0.76 63,067,429 2031 8,304,508,237 0.75 62,638,791 2032 8,367,147,028 0.74 62,085,290 2033 8,429,232,318 0.73 61,487,406 2034 8,490,719,724 0.71 60,879,805 2035 8,551,599,529 0.70 60,222,882 2036 8,611,822,411 0.69 59,460,727 2037 8,671,283,138 0.67 58,459,864 2038 8,729,743,002 0.65 57,344,215 2039 8,787,087,217 0.64 56,261,545 2040 8,843,348,762 0.62 55,152,104 2041 8,898,500,866 0.60 53,989,593 2042 8,952,490,459 0.59 52,709,522 2043 9,005,199,981 0.57 51,388,505 2044 9,056,588,486 0.55 50,147,307 2045 9,106,735,793 0.54 48,938,178 2046 9,155,673,971 0.52 47,711,497 2047 9,203,385,468 0.50 46,354,168 2048 9,249,739,636 0.48 44,943,399 2049 9,294,683,035 0.47 43,652,077 2050 9,338,335,112 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, International Data Base. Note: Data updated 4-6-98.