Total Midyear Population for the World: 1950-2050
Average Average
annual annual
growth population
Year Population rate (%) change
1950 2,555,898,461 1.44 37,144,864
1951 2,593,043,325 1.61 42,057,256
1952 2,635,100,581 1.71 45,337,035
1953 2,680,437,616 1.77 47,859,766
1954 2,728,297,382 1.87 51,360,701
1955 2,779,658,083 1.88 52,877,941
1956 2,832,536,024 1.95 55,742,487
1957 2,888,278,511 1.93 56,420,002
1958 2,944,698,513 1.76 52,248,473
1959 2,996,946,986 1.39 41,983,405
1960 3,038,930,391 1.33 40,622,370
1961 3,079,552,761 1.81 56,318,024
1962 3,135,870,785 2.20 69,700,009
1963 3,205,570,794 2.20 71,290,380
1964 3,276,861,174 2.08 68,957,237
1965 3,345,818,411 2.07 69,812,731
1966 3,415,631,142 2.01 69,307,360
1967 3,484,938,502 2.03 71,434,202
1968 3,556,372,704 2.07 74,322,686
1969 3,630,695,390 2.05 75,089,082
1970 3,705,784,472 2.07 77,678,978
1971 3,783,463,450 2.02 77,168,444
1972 3,860,631,894 1.97 76,662,676
1973 3,937,294,570 1.91 76,109,539
1974 4,013,404,109 1.83 74,014,196
1975 4,087,418,305 1.76 72,483,551
1976 4,159,901,856 1.73 72,718,911
1977 4,232,620,767 1.70 72,729,676
1978 4,305,350,443 1.74 75,665,207
1979 4,381,015,650 1.73 76,629,017
1980 4,457,644,667 1.71 76,688,538
1981 4,534,333,205 1.76 80,284,213
1982 4,614,617,418 1.72 80,196,734
1983 4,694,814,152 1.67 79,199,818
1984 4,774,013,970 1.67 80,569,073
1985 4,854,583,043 1.68 82,429,566
1986 4,937,012,609 1.72 85,836,795
1987 5,022,849,404 1.71 86,537,649
1988 5,109,387,053 1.65 84,819,906
1989 5,194,206,959 1.67 87,337,583
1990 5,281,544,542 1.58 83,947,792
1991 5,365,492,334 1.52 82,302,295
1992 5,447,794,629 1.48 81,284,496
1993 5,529,079,125 1.44 80,305,662
1994 5,609,384,787 1.45 82,033,007
1995 5,691,417,794 1.41 80,933,222
1996 5,772,351,016 1.38 80,362,443
1997 5,852,713,459 1.36 79,912,950
1998 5,932,626,409 1.33 79,640,559
1999 6,012,266,968 1.31 79,210,215
2000 6,091,477,183 1.28 78,710,475
2001 6,170,187,658 1.26 78,295,703
2002 6,248,483,361 1.24 77,842,530
2003 6,326,325,891 1.22 77,373,301
2004 6,403,699,192 1.19 76,880,877
2005 6,480,580,069 1.17 76,568,363
2006 6,557,148,432 1.16 76,466,815
2007 6,633,615,247 1.14 76,345,588
2008 6,709,960,835 1.13 76,193,847
2009 6,786,154,682 1.11 75,956,379
2010 6,862,111,061 1.10 75,795,704
2011 6,937,906,765 1.08 75,673,859
2012 7,013,580,624 1.07 75,328,139
2013 7,088,908,763 1.05 74,811,515
2014 7,163,720,278 1.03 74,164,914
2015 7,237,885,192 1.01 73,583,063
2016 7,311,468,255 0.99 73,088,704
2017 7,384,556,959 0.98 72,506,836
2018 7,457,063,795 0.96 71,861,268
2019 7,528,925,063 0.94 71,146,278
2020 7,600,071,341 0.92 70,493,363
2021 7,670,564,704 0.91 69,897,770
2022 7,740,462,474 0.89 69,206,240
2023 7,809,668,714 0.87 68,461,161
2024 7,878,129,875 0.86 67,671,572
2025 7,945,801,447 0.84 66,980,379
2026 8,012,781,826 0.83 66,390,993
2027 8,079,172,819 0.81 65,741,559
2028 8,144,914,378 0.80 65,079,436
2029 8,209,993,814 0.78 64,414,443
2030 8,274,408,257 0.77 63,758,093
2031 8,338,166,350 0.75 63,078,006
2032 8,401,244,356 0.74 62,282,868
2033 8,463,527,224 0.72 61,446,869
2034 8,524,974,093 0.71 60,614,442
2035 8,585,588,535 0.69 59,754,896
2036 8,645,343,431 0.68 58,830,667
2037 8,704,174,098 0.66 57,760,368
2038 8,761,934,466 0.64 56,630,379
2039 8,818,564,845 0.63 55,536,002
2040 8,874,100,847 0.61 54,444,811
2041 8,928,545,658 0.60 53,319,415
2042 8,981,865,073 0.58 52,065,408
2043 9,033,930,481 0.56 50,761,824
2044 9,084,692,305 0.54 49,523,639
2045 9,134,215,944 0.53 48,307,547
2046 9,182,523,491 0.51 47,070,175
2047 9,229,593,666 0.49 45,709,147
2048 9,275,302,813 0.48 44,273,007
2049 9,319,575,820 0.46 42,912,279
2050 9,362,488,099
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, International Data Base.
Updated 2-28-96