Total Population of the World by Decade, 1950–2050

(historical and projected)

Year	Total world population (mid-year figures)	Ten-year growth rate (%)
1950	2,556,000,053	18.9%
1960	3,039,451,023	22.0
1970	3,706,618,163	20.2
1980	4,453,831,714	18.5
1990	5,278,639,789	15.2
2000	6,082,966,429	12.6
2010¹	6,848,932,929	10.7
2020¹	7,584,821,144	8.7
2030¹	8,246,619,341	7.3
2040¹	8,850,045,889	5.6
2050¹	9,346,399,468	—

1. Projected.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Database.

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