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A list of data for historical and projected human population of planet Earth from various sources is recorded here for reference (see e.g. World population or Historical Estimates of World Population at U.S. Census Bureau).
| Year | USCB
(2008)1 |
PRB
(2007)2 |
UNDESA
(2006)3 |
HYDE
(2006)4 |
Maddison
(2003)5 |
Tanton
(1994)6 |
Biraben
(1980)7 |
McEvedy &
Jones (1978)8 |
Thomlinson
(1975)9 |
Durand
(1974)10 |
Clark
(1967)11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -10000 | 4,000,000 | 1,000,000
–10,000,000 |
|||||||||
| −8000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000
–10,000,000 |
|||||||||
| −5000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000
–20,000,000 |
|||||||||
| −4000 | 7,000,000 | ||||||||||
| −3000 | 14,000,000 | ||||||||||
| −2000 | 27,000,000 | ||||||||||
| −1000 | 50,000,000 | ||||||||||
| −500 | 100,000,000 | ||||||||||
| −400 | 162,000,000 | ||||||||||
| −200 | 231,000,000 | 150,000,000 | |||||||||
| 1 | 300,000,000 | 300,000,000 | 230,820,000 | 150,000,000 | 255,000,000 | 170,000,000 | 200,000,000 | 270,000,000
–330,000,000 |
|||
| 14 | 256,000,000 | ||||||||||
| 200 | 256,000,000 | 190,000,000 | |||||||||
| 350 | 254,000,000 | ||||||||||
| 400 | 206,000,000 | 190,000,000 | |||||||||
| 500 | 206,000,000 | 190,000,000 | |||||||||
| 600 | 206,000,000 | 200,000,000 | 237,000,000 | ||||||||
| 700 | 207,000,000 | 210,000,000 | |||||||||
| 800 | 224,000,000 | 220,000,000 | 261,000,000 | ||||||||
| 900 | 226,000,000 | 240,000,000 | |||||||||
| 1000 | 310,000,000 | 267,573,000 | 254,000,000 | 265,000,000 | 275,000,000
–345,000,000 |
280,000,000 | |||||
| 1100 | 301,000,000 | 320,000,000 | |||||||||
| 1200 | 450,000,000 | 400,000,000 | 360,000,000 | 384,000,000 | |||||||
| 1250 | 400,000,000 | 416,000,000 | 350,000,000
–450,000,000 |
||||||||
| 1300 | 300,000,000 | 432,000,000 | 360,000,000 | 400,000,000 | |||||||
| 1340 | 443,000,000 | 378,000,000 | |||||||||
| 1400 | 374,000,000 | 350,000,000 | |||||||||
| 1500 | 500,000,000 | 438,428,000 | 460,000,000 | 425,000,000 | 440,000,000
–540,000,000 |
427,000,000 | |||||
| 1600 | 556,148,000 | 579,000,000 | 545,000,000 | 498,000,000 | |||||||
| 1650 | 500,000,000 | 545,000,000 | 500,000,000 | 516,000,000 | |||||||
| 1700 | 640,035,774 | 603,490,000 | 600,000,000 | 679,000,000 | 610,000,000 | 600,000,000 | 641,000,000 | ||||
| 1710 | 662,378,306 | ||||||||||
| 1720 | 679,615,896 | ||||||||||
| 1730 | 689,283,580 | ||||||||||
| 1740 | 769,991,547 | ||||||||||
| 1750 | 795,000,000 | 791,000,000 | 824,276,110 | 770,000,000 | 720,000,000 | 700,000,000 | 735,000,000
–805,000,000 |
731,000,000 | |||
| 1760 | 846,137,329 | ||||||||||
| 1770 | 864,445,832 | ||||||||||
| 1780 | 949,409,344 | ||||||||||
| 1790 | 982,617,842 | ||||||||||
| 1800 | 978,000,000 | 980,851,296 | 900,000,000 | 954,000,000 | 900,000,000 | 900,000,000 | 890,000,000 | ||||
| 1810 | 1,045,073,963 | ||||||||||
| 1820 | 1,069,841,690 | 1,041,834,000 | |||||||||
| 1830 | 1,138,392,564 | ||||||||||
| 1840 | 1,192,729,394 | ||||||||||
| 1850 | 1,265,000,000 | 1,262,000,000 | 1,244,327,949 | 1,241,000,000 | 1,200,000,000 | 1,200,000,000 | |||||
| 1860 | 1,270,044,073 | ||||||||||
| 1870 | 1,309,430,136 | 1,271,915,000 | |||||||||
| 1875 | 1,325,000,000 | ||||||||||
| 1880 | 1,397,685,022 | ||||||||||
| 1890 | 1,516,025,314 | ||||||||||
| 1900 | 1,656,000,000 | 1,650,000,000 | 1,633,848,213 | 1,563,622,000 | 1,600,000,000 | 1,633,000,000 | 1,625,000,000 | 1,600,000,000 | 1,650,000,000
–1,710,000,000 |
1,668,000,000 | |
| 1910 | 1,750,000,000 | 1,753,594,443 | |||||||||
| 1913 | 1,791,091,000 | ||||||||||
| 1920 | 1,860,000,000 | 1,888,034,127 | 1,968,000,000 | ||||||||
| 1925 | 2,000,000,000 | ||||||||||
| 1930 | 2,070,000,000 | 2,073,363,421 | 2,145,000,000 | ||||||||
| 1940 | 2,300,000,000 | 2,299,541,939 | 2,340,000,000 | ||||||||
| 1950 | 2,555,948,654 | 2,516,000,000 | 2,535,093,000 | 2,528,313,293 | 2,524,324,000 | 2,400,000,000 | 2,527,000,000 | 2,500,000,000 | 2,400,000,000 | 2,499,000,000 | |
| 1955 | 2,780,413,010 | 2,770,753,000 | 2,767,727,535 | 2,766,471,000 | |||||||
| 1960 | 3,039,962,148 | 3,031,931,000 | 3,035,624,545 | 3,038,795,000 | |||||||
| 1962 | 3,136,636,618 | 3,155,862,958 | 3,132,691,000 | 3,036,000,000 | |||||||
| 1965 | 3,346,090,254 | 3,342,771,000 | 3,351,348,699 | 3,328,882,000 | |||||||
| 1966 | 3,416,212,203 | 3,420,389,193 | 3,397,631,000 | 3,288,000,000 | |||||||
| 1970 | 3,707,183,055 | 3,698,676,000 | 3,696,590,163 | 3,685,058,000 | 3,637,000,000 | 3,600,000,000 | 3,600,000,000
–3,700,000,000 |
||||
| 1973 | 3,936,068,571 | 3,923,325,629 | 3,916,489,000 | ||||||||
| 1975 | 4,082,959,684 | 4,076,080,000 | 4,073,741,819 | 4,065,408,000 | 3,900,000,000 | 4,000,000,000 | |||||
| 1980 | 4,446,260,631 | 4,451,470,000 | 4,442,296,596 | 4,435,598,000 | |||||||
| 1985 | 4,842,981,705 | 4,855,264,000 | 4,843,949,085 | 4,830,813,000 | 5,000,000,000 | ||||||
| 1990 | 5,272,635,763 | 5,294,879,000 | 5,279,521,283 | 5,259,502,000 | |||||||
| 1995 | 5,680,970,858 | 5,760,000,000 | 5,719,045,000 | 5,692,354,537 | 5,677,287,000 | ||||||
| 1998 | 5,917,751,492 | 5,930,407,103 | 5,914,930,000 | ||||||||
| 1999 | 5,994,573,609 | 6,008,326,071 | 5,997,967,000 | ||||||||
| 2000 | 6,070,587,733 | 6,124,123,000 | 6,085,574,386 | 6,071,144,000 | 5,750,000,000 | ||||||
| 2001 | 6,146,294,339 | 6,149,006,000 | |||||||||
| 2002 | 6,221,194,426 | 6,215,000,000 | 6,238,183,321 | ||||||||
| 2005 | 6,447,427,283 | 6,477,000,000 | 6,514,751,000 | 6,464,751,609 | |||||||
| 2006 | 6,523,764,154 | 6,555,000,000 | 6,540,285,038 | ||||||||
| 2007 | 6,600,411,051 | 6,625,000,000 | 6,615,854,053 | ||||||||
| 2008 | 6,677,602,292 | 6,691,483,957 | |||||||||
| 2010 | 6,832,877,668 | 6,906,558,000 | 6,842,925,208 | ||||||||
| 2015 | 7,223,520,264 | 7,295,135,000 | 7,219,433,211 | ||||||||
| 2020 | 7,600,527,594 | 7,667,090,000 | 7,577,890,552 | 8,000,000,000 | |||||||
| 2025 | 7,954,961,913 | 7,965,000,000 | 8,010,509,000 | 7,905,241,284 | |||||||
| 2030 | 8,285,870,884 | 8,317,707,000 | 8,199,106,302 | ||||||||
| 2035 | 8,595,981,287 | 8,587,050,000 | |||||||||
| 2040 | 8,885,308,363 | 8,823,546,000 | |||||||||
| 2045 | 9,151,850,047 | 9,025,982,000 | |||||||||
| 2050 | 9,392,797,012 | 9,294,000,000 | 9,191,287,000 |
References
- ^ Data from U.S. Census Burau. Latest estimates updated on Mar. 27, 2008.
- ^ Data from Population Reference Bureau. (a) Carl Haub, 2007, "2007 World Population Data Sheet." 2006 estimate: (b) Carl Haub, 2006, "2006 World Population Data Sheet." 2005 estimate: (c) Carl Haub, 2005, "2005 World Population Data Sheet." 2002 estimate: (d) Carl Haub, 2002, "How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth?" Population Today, Vol. 30 (no. 8), pp. 3–4. Estimates prior to 2002:(e) Carl Haub, 1995, "How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth?" Population Today, Vol. 23 (no. 2), pp. 5–6.
- ^ Data from United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. 1950–2050 estimates (only medium variants shown): (a) World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision. Estimates prior to 1950: (b) "The World at Six Billion," 1999.
- ^ Data from History Database of the Global Environment. K. Klein Goldewijk and G. van Drecht, "HYDE 3.0: Current and historical population and land cover," in Eds. A. F. Bouwman, T. Kram, and K. Klein Goldewijk, "Integrated modelling of global environmental change. An overview of IMAGE 2.4," Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP), Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
- ^ Angus Maddison, 2003, "The World Economy: Historical Statistics", Vol. 2, OECD, Paris, ISBN 9-2641-0412-7.
- ^ John H. Tanton, 1994, "End of the Migration Epoch? Time For a New Paradigm," The Social Contract, Vol. 4 (no 3), pp. 162–173.
- ^ Slightly updated data from original paper in French: (a) Jean-Noël Biraben, 1980, "An Essay Concerning Mankind's Evolution", Population, Selected Papers, Vol. 4, pp. 1–13. Original paper in French: (b) Jean-Noël Biraben, 1979, "Essai sur l'évolution du nombre des hommes", Population, Vol. 34 (no. 1), pp. 13–25.
- ^ Colin McEvedy and Richard Jones, 1978, "Atlas of World Population History," Facts on File, New York, ISBN 0-7139-1031-3.
- ^ Ralph Thomlinson, 1975, "Demographic Problems: Controversy over population control," 2nd Ed., Dickenson Publishing Company, Ecino, CA, ISBN 0-8221-0166-1.
- ^ John D. Durand, 1974, "Historical Estimates of World Population: An Evaluation," University of Pennsylvania, Population Center, Analytical and Technical Reports, Number 10.
- ^ Colin Clark, 1967, "Population Growth and Land Use," St. Martin's Press, New York, ISBN 0-333-01126-0.
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