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Population of the entire world, yearly 1950 - 2050

year population (midyear) average annual growth rate (%) average annual population change
1950 2,555,078,074 1.47% 37,783,610
1951 2,592,861,684 1.61% 42,057,724
1952 2,634,919,408 1.71% 45,334,288
1953 2,680,253,696 1.77% 47,968,370
1954 2,728,222,066 1.87% 51,447,715
1955 2,779,669,781 1.89% 52,953,889
1956 2,832,623,670 1.95% 55,820,377
1957 2,888,444,047 1.94% 56,498,740
1958 2,944,942,787 1.76% 52,326,211
1959 2,997,268,998 1.39% 42,063,403
1960 3,039,332,401 1.33% 40,781,960
1961 3,080,114,361 1.80% 56,083,390
1962 3,136,197,751 2.19% 69,508,948
1963 3,205,706,699 2.19% 71,110,065
1964 3,276,816,764 2.08% 69,021,089
1965 3,345,837,853 2.08% 70,227,393
1966 3,416,065,246 2.02% 69,742,104
1967 3,485,807,350 2.04% 71,868,340
1968 3,557,675,690 2.08% 74,665,661
1969 3,632,341,351 2.05% 75,268,761
1970 3,707,610,112 2.07% 77,580,647
1971 3,785,190,759 2.01% 77,006,527
1972 3,862,197,286 1.96% 76,511,302
1973 3,938,708,588 1.91% 75,889,828
1974 4,014,598,416 1.82% 73,625,631
1975 4,088,224,047 1.75% 72,167,756
1976 4,160,391,803 1.73% 72,536,792
1977 4,232,928,595 1.70% 72,474,692
1978 4,305,403,287 1.74% 75,373,540
1979 4,380,776,827 1.72% 75,928,390
1980 4,456,705,217 1.70% 76,259,715
1981 4,532,964,932 1.76% 80,436,954
1982 4,613,401,886 1.73% 80,530,264
1983 4,693,932,150 1.68% 79,634,655
1984 4,773,566,805 1.68% 81,036,085
1985 4,854,602,890 1.70% 83,004,818
1986 4,937,607,708 1.73% 85,962,468
1987 5,023,570,176 1.71% 86,583,085
1988 5,110,153,261 1.67% 86,179,948
1989 5,196,333,209 1.67% 87,422,136
1990 5,283,755,345 1.56% 83,182,744
1991 5,366,938,089 1.53% 82,725,730
1992 5,449,663,819 1.48% 81,337,993
1993 5,531,001,812 1.44% 79,976,536
1994 5,610,978,348 1.41% 79,887,428
1995 5,690,865,776 1.36% 77,746,508
1996 5,768,612,284 1.35% 78,192,518
1997 5,846,804,802 1.32% 77,770,099
1998 5,924,574,901 1.31% 77,934,526
1999 6,002,509,427 1.29% 77,632,256
2000 6,080,141,683 1.26% 77,258,877
2001 6,157,400,560 1.24% 76,849,827
2002 6,234,250,387 1.22% 76,299,210
2003 6,310,549,597 1.19% 75,477,418
2004 6,386,027,015 1.16% 74,526,549
2005 6,460,553,564 1.14% 73,759,794
2006 6,534,313,358 1.12% 73,307,780
2007 6,607,621,138 1.10% 72,774,552
2008 6,680,395,690 1.07% 72,012,218
2009 6,752,407,908 1.05% 71,226,645
2010 6,823,634,553 1.03% 70,770,206
2011 6,894,404,759 1.02% 70,638,751
2012 6,965,043,510 1.01% 70,466,862
2013 7,035,510,372 0.99% 70,232,623
2014 7,105,742,995 0.98% 69,932,071
2015 7,175,675,066 0.97% 69,613,925
2016 7,245,288,991 0.95% 69,172,133
2017 7,314,461,124 0.93% 68,537,288
2018 7,382,998,412 0.92% 67,877,546
2019 7,450,875,958 0.90% 67,134,642
2020 7,518,010,600 0.88% 66,371,114
2021 7,584,381,714 0.86% 65,530,746
2022 7,649,912,460 0.84% 64,563,881
2023 7,714,476,341 0.82% 63,596,837
2024 7,778,073,178 0.80% 62,587,177
2025 7,840,660,355 0.78% 61,682,010
2026 7,902,342,365 0.77% 60,869,928
2027 7,963,212,293 0.75% 59,981,878
2028 8,023,194,171 0.73% 59,060,143
2029 8,082,254,314 0.72% 58,089,926
2030 8,140,344,240 0.70% 57,189,977
2031 8,197,534,217 0.68% 56,329,702
2032 8,253,863,919 0.67% 55,336,454
2033 8,309,200,373 0.65% 54,292,787
2034 8,363,493,160 0.63% 53,249,118
2035 8,416,742,278 0.62% 52,278,271
2036 8,469,020,549 0.60% 51,366,513
2037 8,520,387,062 0.59% 50,352,314
2038 8,570,739,376 0.57% 49,313,531
2039 8,620,052,907 0.56% 48,338,547
2040 8,668,391,454 0.55% 47,462,555
2041 8,715,854,009 0.53% 46,648,317
2042 8,762,502,326 0.52% 45,741,361
2043 8,808,243,687 0.51% 44,825,944
2044 8,853,069,631 0.50% 44,003,864
2045 8,897,073,495 0.48% 43,234,092
2046 8,940,307,587 0.47% 42,454,580
2047 8,982,762,167 0.46% 41,502,870
2048 9,024,265,037 0.45% 40,456,148
2049 9,064,721,185 0.43% 39,484,645
2050 9,104,205,830 NA NA
source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, International Data Base.