International Programs - Total Midyear Population for the World: 1950-2050

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Total Midyear Population for the World: 1950-2050
Year	Population	Annual Growth Rate (%)	Annual Population Change
1950	2,556,506,575	1.461	37,351,348
1951	2,593,857,923	1.614	41,876,022
1952	2,635,733,945	1.720	45,327,617
1953	2,681,061,562	1.799	48,224,291
1954	2,729,285,853	1.902	51,923,114
1955	2,781,208,967	1.915	53,256,185
1956	2,834,465,152	1.979	56,107,849
1957	2,890,573,001	1.967	56,849,272
1958	2,947,422,273	1.786	52,650,382
1959	3,000,072,655	1.412	42,373,103

1960	3,042,445,758	1.350	41,063,197
1961	3,083,508,955	1.823	56,214,577
1962	3,139,723,532	2.224	69,812,374
1963	3,209,535,906	2.226	71,443,536
1964	3,280,979,442	2.111	69,270,572
1965	3,350,250,014	2.098	70,297,719
1966	3,420,547,733	2.039	69,745,501
1967	3,490,293,234	2.065	72,065,397
1968	3,562,358,631	2.103	74,923,258
1969	3,637,281,889	2.081	75,687,612

1970	3,712,969,501	2.098	77,893,083
1971	3,790,862,584	2.019	76,535,972
1972	3,867,398,556	1.962	75,872,870
1973	3,943,271,426	1.894	74,672,577
1974	4,017,944,003	1.808	72,642,148
1975	4,090,586,151	1.742	71,275,288
1976	4,161,861,439	1.731	72,058,442
1977	4,233,919,881	1.704	72,148,981
1978	4,306,068,862	1.742	75,006,799
1979	4,381,075,661	1.653	72,398,249

1980	4,453,473,910	1.861	82,869,936
1981	4,536,343,846	1.765	80,062,851
1982	4,616,406,697	1.758	81,158,886
1983	4,697,565,583	1.709	80,268,941
1984	4,777,834,524	1.709	81,676,158
1985	4,859,510,682	1.727	83,938,208
1986	4,943,448,890	1.748	86,434,375
1987	5,029,883,265	1.732	87,101,315
1988	5,116,984,580	1.695	86,754,310
1989	5,203,738,890	1.679	87,363,581

1990	5,291,102,471	1.569	83,009,675
1991	5,374,112,146	1.580	84,931,873
1992	5,459,044,019	1.509	82,397,753
1993	5,541,441,772	1.460	80,917,752
1994	5,622,359,524	1.442	81,096,540
1995	5,703,456,064	1.410	80,390,467
1996	5,783,846,531	1.363	78,805,764
1997	5,862,652,295	1.329	77,928,399
1998	5,940,580,694	1.302	77,332,089
1999	6,017,912,783	1.275	76,756,788

2000	6,094,669,571	1.267	77,234,911
2001	6,171,904,482	1.250	77,149,464
2002	6,249,053,946	1.227	76,689,165
2003	6,325,743,111	1.217	76,974,496
2004	6,402,717,607	1.206	77,244,677
2005	6,479,962,284	1.205	78,104,045
2006	6,558,066,329	1.201	78,760,188
2007	6,636,826,517	1.181	78,380,750
2008	6,715,207,267	1.157	77,685,704
2009	6,792,892,971	1.113	75,635,235

2010	6,868,528,206	1.129	77,515,783
2011	6,946,043,989	1.113	77,280,910
2012	7,023,324,899	1.098	77,089,232
2013	7,100,414,131	1.087	77,154,721
2014	7,177,568,852	1.073	76,980,858
2015	7,254,549,710	1.057	76,686,887
2016	7,331,236,597	1.041	76,297,840
2017	7,407,534,437	1.022	75,689,242
2018	7,483,223,679	1.001	74,943,986
2019	7,558,167,665	0.980	74,079,630

2020	7,632,247,295	0.960	73,265,807
2021	7,705,513,102	0.941	72,480,658
2022	7,777,993,760	0.920	71,575,895
2023	7,849,569,655	0.899	70,593,318
2024	7,920,162,973	0.878	69,553,084
2025	7,989,716,057	0.859	68,599,042
2026	8,058,315,099	0.840	67,708,827
2027	8,126,023,926	0.822	66,763,598
2028	8,192,787,524	0.803	65,799,665
2029	8,258,587,189	0.785	64,818,826

2030	8,323,406,015	0.768	63,907,016
2031	8,387,313,031	0.752	63,067,640
2032	8,450,380,671	0.736	62,224,320
2033	8,512,604,991	0.721	61,369,024
2034	8,573,974,015	0.705	60,486,569
2035	8,634,460,584	0.691	59,647,049
2036	8,694,107,633	0.677	58,857,352
2037	8,752,964,985	0.663	58,048,881
2038	8,811,013,866	0.649	57,214,973
2039	8,868,228,839	0.635	56,350,833

2040	8,924,579,672	0.622	55,513,567
2041	8,980,093,239	0.609	54,709,644
2042	9,034,802,883	0.596	53,874,690
2043	9,088,677,573	0.583	53,002,553
2044	9,141,680,126	0.570	52,100,825
2045	9,193,780,951	0.557	51,222,818
2046	9,245,003,769	0.545	50,367,070
2047	9,295,370,839	0.532	49,485,066
2048	9,344,855,905	0.520	48,581,527
2049	9,393,437,432	0.507	47,663,651

2050	9,441,101,083

Growth rates are calculated using the formula:

      	r(t) = [ ( P(t+1) - P(t) ) / P(t) ] * 100

Where:

        t = year
        r(t) = growth rate from midyear t to midyear t+1
        P(t) = population at midyear t

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