Total Midyear Population for the World: 1950-2050
Year Population Annual
growth rate (%)
Annual
population change
1950 2,555,974,605 1.47 37,806,158
1951 2,593,780,763 1.61 42,099,858
1952 2,635,880,621 1.71 45,353,230
1953 2,681,233,851 1.78 48,095,628
1954 2,729,329,479 1.87 51,593,614
1955 2,780,923,093 1.89 53,155,137
1956 2,834,078,230 1.96 56,033,441
1957 2,890,111,671 1.94 56,726,776
1958 2,946,838,447 1.77 52,551,799
1959 2,999,390,246 1.40 42,307,522
 
1960 3,041,697,768 1.34 41,003,421
1961 3,082,701,189 1.81 56,220,873
1962 3,138,922,062 2.20 69,754,913
1963 3,208,676,975 2.20 71,373,247
1964 3,280,050,222 2.09 69,237,110
1965 3,349,287,332 2.08 70,440,885
1966 3,419,728,217 2.02 69,951,226
1967 3,489,679,443 2.04 72,049,773
1968 3,561,729,216 2.08 74,837,437
1969 3,636,566,653 2.05 75,395,011
 
1970 3,711,961,664 2.07 77,577,745
1971 3,789,539,409 1.99 76,264,651
1972 3,865,804,060 1.94 75,746,936
1973 3,941,550,996 1.87 74,504,460
1974 4,016,055,456 1.79 72,556,130
1975 4,088,611,586 1.73 71,151,338
1976 4,159,762,924 1.71 71,747,562
1977 4,231,510,486 1.68 71,623,166
1978 4,303,133,652 1.71 74,363,306
1979 4,377,496,958 1.70 75,050,564
 
1980 4,452,547,522 1.70 76,334,640
1981 4,528,882,162 1.75 79,799,596
1982 4,608,681,758 1.75 81,595,751
1983 4,690,277,509 1.70 80,190,787
1984 4,770,468,296 1.70 81,583,644
1985 4,852,051,940 1.71 83,821,652
1986 4,935,873,592 1.73 86,149,518
1987 5,022,023,110 1.71 86,836,702
1988 5,108,859,812 1.69 86,853,384
1989 5,195,713,196 1.68 87,974,233
 
1990 5,283,687,429 1.57 83,497,697
1991 5,367,185,126 1.56 84,486,391
1992 5,451,671,517 1.50 82,466,386
1993 5,534,137,903 1.46 81,172,623
1994 5,615,310,526 1.44 81,366,213
1995 5,696,676,739 1.40 80,180,106
1996 5,776,856,845 1.35 78,229,877
1997 5,855,086,722 1.31 77,004,229
1998 5,932,090,951 1.28 76,163,844
1999 6,008,254,795 1.25 75,295,425
 
2000 6,083,550,220 1.24 75,692,290
2001 6,159,242,510 1.21 75,119,261
2002 6,234,361,771 1.18 74,154,412
2003 6,308,516,183 1.16 73,917,364
2004 6,382,433,547 1.15 74,009,533
2005 6,456,443,080 1.15 74,541,551
2006 6,530,984,631 1.15 75,230,155
2007 6,606,214,786 1.13 74,897,743
2008 6,681,112,529 1.11 74,874,710
2009 6,755,987,239 1.10 74,599,746
 
2010 6,830,586,985 1.09 74,585,569
2011 6,905,172,554 1.07 74,140,274
2012 6,979,312,828 1.05 73,766,477
2013 7,053,079,305 1.04 73,645,448
2014 7,126,724,753 1.02 73,283,831
2015 7,200,008,584 1.01 72,841,193
2016 7,272,849,777 0.99 72,351,348
2017 7,345,201,125 0.97 71,651,453
2018 7,416,852,578 0.95 70,811,078
2019 7,487,663,656 0.93 69,850,610
 
2020 7,557,514,266 0.91 68,962,790
2021 7,626,477,056 0.89 68,115,452
2022 7,694,592,508 0.87 67,136,304
2023 7,761,728,812 0.85 66,074,750
2024 7,827,803,562 0.83 64,955,160
2025 7,892,758,722 0.81 63,908,438
2026 7,956,667,160 0.79 62,928,968
2027 8,019,596,128 0.77 61,912,364
2028 8,081,508,492 0.75 60,875,353
2029 8,142,383,845 0.73 59,821,522
 
2030 8,202,205,367 0.71 58,834,332
2031 8,261,039,699 0.70 57,915,916
2032 8,318,955,615 0.68 56,989,602
2033 8,375,945,217 0.67 56,047,356
2034 8,431,992,573 0.65 55,074,378
2035 8,487,066,951 0.64 54,142,842
2036 8,541,209,793 0.62 53,260,956
2037 8,594,470,749 0.61 52,360,262
2038 8,646,831,011 0.59 51,434,289
2039 8,698,265,300 0.58 50,478,146
 
2040 8,748,743,446 0.56 49,559,934
2041 8,798,303,380 0.55 48,683,165
2042 8,846,986,545 0.54 47,771,768
2043 8,894,758,313 0.53 46,821,499
2044 8,941,579,812 0.51 45,838,728
2045 8,987,418,540 0.50 44,885,256
2046 9,032,303,796 0.49 43,964,234
2047 9,076,268,030 0.47 43,023,723
2048 9,119,291,753 0.46 42,067,112
2049 9,161,358,865 0.45 41,099,619
 
2050 9,202,458,484    

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

Growth rates are calculated using the formula:

r(t) = ln [ P(t+1) / P(t) ]
			
where:
t = year
r(t) = growth rate from midyear t to midyear t+1
P(t) = population at midyear t
ln = natural log