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World population evolution and future prospects

Related article: World population evolution - past, present, future

The chart bellow shows how the population of World has evolved from 1950 until now. It also contains the future prospects of World population. Data is groupped in several categories depending how the future projection was made: no change in evolution (the growth rate follows the trend of the last period), constant fertility, low fertility, medium fertility and high fertility. The data has been prepared by the United Nations Population Division. Please note that these numbers might be slightly different then those present in the country profiles.

Please click on the legend below the chart to show or hide projection categories.

Here's the raw data based on which the World population evolution and future prospects chart was generated:

Year No change Constant fertility Low fertility Medium fertility High fertility
1950 2,514,798,000
1951 2,561,587,000
1952 2,607,748,000
1953 2,654,010,000
1954 2,701,003,000
1955 2,749,153,000
1956 2,798,702,000
1957 2,849,786,000
1958 2,902,364,000
1959 2,956,315,000
1960 3,011,489,000
1961 3,067,860,000
1962 3,125,645,000
1963 3,185,267,000
1964 3,247,330,000
1965 3,312,212,000
1966 3,380,028,000
1967 3,450,526,000
1968 3,523,139,000
1969 3,597,068,000
1970 3,671,636,000
1971 3,746,781,000
1972 3,822,482,000
1973 3,898,404,000
1974 3,974,139,000
1975 4,049,436,000
1976 4,124,117,000
1977 4,198,328,000
1978 4,272,693,000
1979 4,348,073,000
1980 4,425,101,000
1981 4,503,800,000
1982 4,584,044,000
1983 4,666,169,000
1984 4,750,559,000
1985 4,837,354,000
1986 4,926,757,000
1987 5,018,341,000
1988 5,110,945,000
1989 5,202,915,000
1990 5,293,082,000
1991 5,381,007,000
1992 5,466,886,000
1993 5,550,744,000
1994 5,632,824,000
1995 5,713,327,000
1996 5,792,206,000
1997 5,869,471,000
1998 5,945,628,000
1999 6,021,317,000
2000 6,097,052,000
2001 6,173,033,000
2002 6,249,282,000
2003 6,325,953,000
2004 6,403,198,000
2005 6,481,112,000
2006 6,559,774,000
2007 6,639,157,000
2008 6,719,214,000
2009 6,799,786,000
2010 6,880,738,000
2011 6,962,014,000
2012 7,043,546,000
2013 7,125,050,000
2014 7,213,342,000 7,226,261,000 7,156,452,000 7,206,192,000 7,255,603,000
2015 7,297,016,000 7,315,233,000 7,219,184,000 7,286,709,000 7,353,823,000
2016 7,380,512,000 7,404,878,000 7,279,870,000 7,366,462,000 7,452,592,000
2017 7,463,824,000 7,495,211,000 7,338,336,000 7,445,392,000 7,551,984,000
2018 7,546,774,000 7,586,073,000 7,394,549,000 7,523,452,000 7,651,896,000
2019 7,629,245,000 7,677,322,000 7,448,435,000 7,600,566,000 7,752,243,000
2020 7,711,148,000 7,768,831,000 7,499,986,000 7,676,690,000 7,852,968,000
2021 7,792,399,000 7,860,532,000 7,549,187,000 7,751,772,000 7,953,972,000
2022 7,873,007,000 7,952,499,000 7,596,181,000 7,825,768,000 8,055,011,000
2023 7,952,973,000 8,044,709,000 7,641,348,000 7,898,681,000 8,155,752,000
2024 8,032,385,000 8,137,277,000 7,685,192,000 7,970,575,000 8,255,741,000
2025 8,111,276,000 8,230,270,000 7,728,090,000 8,041,473,000 8,354,724,000
2026 8,189,680,000 8,323,724,000 7,770,167,000 8,111,384,000 8,452,517,000
2027 8,267,645,000 8,417,718,000 7,811,369,000 8,180,281,000 8,549,227,000
2028 8,345,284,000 8,512,408,000 7,851,539,000 8,248,191,000 8,645,083,000
2029 8,422,733,000 8,607,968,000 7,890,480,000 8,315,178,000 8,740,421,000
2030 8,500,136,000 8,704,567,000 7,927,996,000 8,381,258,000 8,835,573,000
2031 8,577,559,000 8,802,306,000 7,964,065,000 8,446,442,000 8,930,551,000
2032 8,655,083,000 8,901,297,000 7,998,684,000 8,510,717,000 9,025,430,000
2033 8,732,813,000 9,001,675,000 8,031,753,000 8,574,105,000 9,120,346,000
2034 8,810,886,000 9,103,618,000 8,063,143,000 8,636,569,000 9,215,506,000
2035 8,889,394,000 9,207,267,000 8,092,778,000 8,698,137,000 9,311,072,000
2036 8,968,439,000 9,312,736,000 8,120,567,000 8,758,789,000 9,407,132,000
2037 9,048,099,000 9,420,145,000 8,146,490,000 8,818,513,000 9,503,728,000
2038 9,128,394,000 9,529,550,000 8,170,467,000 8,877,288,000 9,600,923,000
2039 9,209,345,000 9,641,023,000 8,192,445,000 8,935,098,000 9,698,751,000
2040 9,291,013,000 9,754,620,000 8,212,365,000 8,991,903,000 9,797,228,000
2041 9,373,443,000 9,870,474,000 8,230,187,000 9,047,677,000 9,896,396,000
2042 9,456,717,000 9,988,667,000 8,245,909,000 9,102,422,000 9,996,256,000
2043 9,540,902,000 10,109,290,000 8,259,544,000 9,156,130,000 10,096,759,000
2044 9,626,019,000 10,232,395,000 8,271,089,000 9,208,754,000 10,197,798,000
2045 9,712,127,000 10,358,038,000 8,280,589,000 9,260,312,000 10,299,340,000
2046 9,799,312,000 10,486,356,000 8,288,021,000 9,310,755,000 10,401,343,000
2047 9,887,677,000 10,617,485,000 8,293,435,000 9,360,098,000 10,503,784,000
2048 9,977,282,000 10,751,578,000 8,296,880,000 9,408,347,000 10,606,581,000
2049 10,068,234,000 10,888,781,000 8,298,436,000 9,455,508,000 10,709,599,000
2050 10,160,646,000 11,029,258,000 8,298,176,000 9,501,574,000 10,812,791,000
2051 10,254,601,000 11,173,180,000 8,296,138,000 9,546,547,000 10,916,076,000
2052 10,350,226,000 11,320,728,000 8,292,356,000 9,590,458,000 11,019,499,000
2053 10,447,652,000 11,472,113,000 8,286,878,000 9,633,314,000 11,123,006,000
2054 10,547,055,000 11,627,549,000 8,279,796,000 9,675,144,000 11,226,580,000
2055 10,648,545,000 11,787,287,000 8,271,143,000 9,715,965,000 11,330,233,000
2056 10,752,272,000 11,951,517,000 8,260,971,000 9,755,800,000 11,433,960,000
2057 10,858,375,000 12,120,474,000 8,249,297,000 9,794,667,000 11,537,776,000
2058 10,966,997,000 12,294,419,000 8,236,194,000 9,832,609,000 11,641,745,000
2059 11,078,315,000 12,473,596,000 8,221,665,000 9,869,651,000 11,745,942,000
2060 11,192,492,000 12,658,285,000 8,205,754,000 9,905,828,000 11,850,426,000
2061 11,309,671,000 12,848,748,000 8,188,507,000 9,941,168,000 11,955,250,000
2062 11,429,977,000 13,045,230,000 8,169,933,000 9,975,682,000 12,060,442,000
2063 11,553,572,000 13,247,977,000 8,150,030,000 10,009,397,000 12,166,061,000
2064 11,680,609,000 13,457,256,000 8,128,815,000 10,042,306,000 12,272,205,000
2065 11,811,211,000 13,673,329,000 8,106,281,000 10,074,457,000 12,378,955,000
2066 11,945,549,000 13,896,480,000 8,082,459,000 10,105,849,000 12,486,335,000
2067 12,083,768,000 14,127,003,000 8,057,336,000 10,136,492,000 12,594,374,000
2068 12,225,990,000 14,365,176,000 8,030,953,000 10,166,395,000 12,703,118,000
2069 12,372,368,000 14,611,246,000 8,003,277,000 10,195,527,000 12,812,600,000
2070 12,523,035,000 14,865,503,000 7,974,272,000 10,223,919,000 12,922,839,000
2071 12,678,148,000 15,128,285,000 7,944,021,000 10,251,560,000 13,033,880,000
2072 12,837,857,000 15,399,946,000 7,912,524,000 10,278,480,000 13,145,712,000
2073 13,002,312,000 15,680,834,000 7,879,808,000 10,304,678,000 13,258,365,000
2074 13,171,654,000 15,971,309,000 7,845,902,000 10,330,162,000 13,371,796,000
2075 13,346,058,000 16,271,736,000 7,810,846,000 10,354,942,000 13,486,011,000
2076 13,525,655,000 16,582,545,000 7,774,663,000 10,379,039,000 13,601,024,000
2077 13,710,630,000 16,904,112,000 7,737,417,000 10,402,464,000 13,716,828,000
2078 13,901,144,000 17,236,925,000 7,699,184,000 10,425,267,000 13,833,428,000
2079 14,097,367,000 17,581,431,000 7,660,055,000 10,447,512,000 13,950,857,000
2080 14,299,482,000 17,938,135,000 7,620,140,000 10,469,267,000 14,069,104,000
2081 14,507,663,000 18,307,492,000 7,579,464,000 10,490,529,000 14,188,183,000
2082 14,722,057,000 18,689,972,000 7,538,081,000 10,511,309,000 14,308,042,000
2083 14,942,837,000 19,086,086,000 7,496,054,000 10,531,637,000 14,428,694,000
2084 15,170,125,000 19,496,333,000 7,453,444,000 10,551,509,000 14,550,075,000
2085 15,404,093,000 19,921,242,000 7,410,295,000 10,570,946,000 14,672,165,000
2086 15,644,931,000 20,361,362,000 7,366,662,000 10,589,968,000 14,794,940,000
2087 15,892,788,000 20,817,231,000 7,322,559,000 10,608,551,000 14,918,366,000
2088 16,147,857,000 21,289,384,000 7,278,022,000 10,626,659,000 15,042,380,000
2089 16,410,257,000 21,778,321,000 7,233,033,000 10,644,260,000 15,166,894,000
2090 16,680,183,000 22,284,602,000 7,187,620,000 10,661,334,000 15,291,859,000
2091 16,957,792,000 22,808,835,000 7,141,775,000 10,677,816,000 15,417,222,000
2092 17,243,332,000 23,351,671,000 7,095,549,000 10,693,710,000 15,542,929,000
2093 17,537,007,000 23,913,776,000 7,048,957,000 10,709,004,000 15,668,947,000
2094 17,839,066,000 24,495,866,000 7,002,026,000 10,723,678,000 15,795,222,000
2095 18,149,768,000 25,098,632,000 6,954,796,000 10,737,707,000 15,921,734,000
2096 18,469,333,000 25,722,825,000 6,907,254,000 10,751,073,000 16,048,408,000
2097 18,798,005,000 26,369,141,000 6,859,439,000 10,763,726,000 16,175,201,000
2098 19,136,033,000 27,038,324,000 6,811,326,000 10,775,625,000 16,302,030,000
2099 19,483,642,000 27,731,087,000 6,762,911,000 10,786,717,000 16,428,819,000
2100 19,841,092,000 28,448,172,000 6,714,175,000 10,796,914,000 16,555,499,000
Year No change Constant fertility Low fertility Medium fertility High fertility