Back to the Know! home page.The following table shows the world population since the advent of humans on earth.
|
Year
|
World Population |
|
3,000,000 yrs – 10,000 BC
|
10,000,000 (10 million) |
|
1400 BC
|
100,000,000 (100 million) |
|
0
|
200,000,000 |
|
1200
|
400,000,000 |
|
1700
|
800,000,000 |
|
1800
|
1,000,000,000 (1 billion) |
|
1880
|
1,461,080,000 |
|
1881
|
1,468,940,000 |
|
1882
|
1,476,800,000 |
|
1883
|
1,480,660,000 |
|
1884
|
1,492,520,000 |
|
1885
|
1,500,380,000 |
|
1886
|
1,508,380,000 |
|
1887
|
1,516,100,000 |
|
1888
|
1,523,960,000 |
|
1889
|
1,531,820,000 |
|
1890
|
1,539,680,000 |
|
1891
|
1,547,540,000 |
|
1892
|
1,555,400,000 |
|
1893
|
1,563,260,000 |
|
1894
|
1,571,120,000 |
|
1895
|
1,578,980,000 |
|
1896
|
1,586,840,000 |
|
1897
|
1,594,700,000 |
|
1898
|
1,602,560,000 |
|
1899
|
1,610,420,000 |
|
1900
|
1,618,280,000 |
|
1901
|
1,626,140,000 |
|
1902
|
1,634,000,000 |
|
1903
|
1,648,380,000 |
|
1904
|
1,662,760,000 |
|
1905
|
1,677,150,000 |
|
1906
|
1,691,530,000 |
|
1907
|
1,705,920,000 |
|
1908
|
1,720,300,000 |
|
1909
|
1,734,690,000 |
|
1910
|
1,749,070,000 |
|
1911
|
1,763,460,000 |
|
1912
|
1,777,846,000 |
|
1913
|
1,792,231,000 |
|
1914
|
1,806,615,000 |
|
1915
|
1,821,000,000 |
|
1916
|
1,835,385,000 |
|
1917
|
1,849,769,000 |
|
1918
|
1,864,154,000 |
|
1919
|
1,878,538,000 |
|
1920
|
1,892,923,000 |
|
1921
|
1,907,308,000 |
|
1922
|
1,921,692,000 |
|
1923
|
1,936,077,000 |
|
1924
|
1,950,462,000 |
|
1925
|
1,964,846,000 |
|
1926
|
1,979,231,000 |
|
1927
|
1,993,615,000 |
|
1928
|
2,008,000,000 |
|
1929
|
2,022,385,000 |
|
1930
|
2,036,769,000 |
|
1931
|
2,051,154,000 |
|
1932
|
2,065,538,000 |
|
1933
|
2,079,923,000 |
|
1934
|
2,094,308,000 |
|
1935
|
2,108,692,000 |
|
1936
|
2,123,077,000 |
|
1937
|
2,137,462,000 |
|
1938
|
2,151,846,000 |
|
1939
|
2,166,231,000 |
|
1940
|
2,180,615,000 |
|
1941
|
2,195,000,000 |
|
1942
|
2,224,199,000 |
|
1943
|
2,253,398,000 |
|
1944
|
2,253,398,000 |
|
1945
|
2,311,796,000 |
|
1946
|
2,340,995,000 |
|
1947
|
2,370,194,000 |
|
1948
|
2,399,393,000 |
|
1949
|
2,428,592,000 |
|
1950
|
2,457,791,000 |
|
1951
|
2,486,990,000 |
|
1952
|
2,516,190,000 |
|
1953
|
2,562,292,000 |
|
1954
|
2,608,569,000 |
|
1955
|
2,655,361,000 |
|
1956
|
2,702,974,000 |
|
1957
|
2,751,681,000 |
|
1958
|
2,801,726,000 |
|
1959
|
2,853,318,000 |
|
1960
|
2,906,633,000 |
|
1961
|
2,961,816,000 |
|
1962
|
3,018,974,000 |
|
1963
|
3,078,180,000 |
|
1964
|
3,139,467,000 |
|
1965
|
3,202,830,000 |
|
1966
|
3,268,225,000 |
|
1967
|
3,335,579,000 |
|
1968
|
3,404,829,000 |
|
1969
|
3,475,852,000 |
|
1970
|
3,548,414,000 |
|
1971
|
3,622,224,000 |
|
1972
|
3,697,007,000 |
|
1973
|
3,772,768,000 |
|
1974
|
3,849,424,000 |
|
1975
|
3,926,298,000 |
|
1976
|
4,002,628,000 |
|
1977
|
4,077,914,000 |
|
1978
|
4,151,846,000 |
|
1979
|
4,224,723,000 |
|
1980
|
4,297,414,000 |
|
1981
|
4,371,155,000 |
|
1982
|
4,446,859,000 |
|
1983
|
4,524,808,000 |
|
1984
|
4,604,795,000 |
|
1985
|
4,686,639,000 |
|
1986
|
4,769,982,000 |
|
1987
|
4,854,547,000 |
|
1988
|
4,940,296,000 |
|
1989
|
5,027,302,000 |
|
1990
|
5,115,510,000 |
|
1991
|
5,204,867,000 |
|
1992
|
5,295,300,000 |
|
1993
|
5,386,733,000 |
|
1994
|
5,479,046,000 |
|
1995
|
5,572,049,000 |
|
1996
|
5,665,524,000 |
|
1997
|
5,574,694,000 |
|
1998
|
5,842,995,000 |
|
1999
|
5,931,296,000 |
|
2000
|
6,045,953,000 04/19/2000 |
|
The Future
|
|
|
2040 (projected)
|
12,000,000,000 |
|
2080 (projected)
|
24,000,000,000 |
|
2120 (projected)
|
48,000,000,000 |
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