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Total Midyear Population for the World: 1950-2050
Year Population Annual Growth Rate (%) Annual Population Change
1950 2,557,628,654 1.459 37,311,223
1951 2,594,939,877 1.612 41,832,429
1952 2,636,772,306 1.717 45,281,083
1953 2,682,053,389 1.796 48,174,715
1954 2,730,228,104 1.900 51,870,839
1955 2,782,098,943 1.912 53,200,730
1956 2,835,299,673 1.977 56,050,044
1957 2,891,349,717 1.964 56,787,531
1958 2,948,137,248 1.783 52,579,345
1959 3,000,716,593 1.409 42,284,915
       
1960 3,043,001,508 1.346 40,965,421
1961 3,083,966,929 1.820 56,126,288
1962 3,140,093,217 2.221 69,734,665
1963 3,209,827,882 2.224 71,373,424
1964 3,281,201,306 2.110 69,224,487
1965 3,350,425,793 2.097 70,252,130
1966 3,420,677,923 2.036 69,655,792
1967 3,490,333,715 2.062 71,980,107
1968 3,562,313,822 2.101 74,845,228
1969 3,637,159,050 2.077 75,538,692
       
1970 3,712,697,742 2.091 77,628,719
1971 3,790,326,461 2.011 76,237,935
1972 3,866,564,396 1.953 75,523,025
1973 3,942,087,421 1.890 74,506,117
1974 4,016,593,538 1.779 71,454,588
1975 4,088,048,126 1.714 70,050,152
1976 4,158,098,278 1.702 70,784,413
1977 4,228,882,691 1.675 70,854,118
1978 4,299,736,809 1.714 73,687,278
1979 4,373,424,087 1.625 71,072,677
       
1980 4,444,496,764 1.831 81,397,355
1981 4,525,894,119 1.776 80,368,330
1982 4,606,262,449 1.767 81,372,058
1983 4,687,634,507 1.686 79,036,118
1984 4,766,670,625 1.723 82,106,750
1985 4,848,777,375 1.738 84,277,541
1986 4,933,054,916 1.762 86,944,593
1987 5,019,999,509 1.749 87,807,455
1988 5,107,806,964 1.711 87,371,810
1989 5,195,178,774 1.695 88,074,174
       
1990 5,283,252,948 1.573 83,122,721
1991 5,366,375,669 1.584 84,992,087
1992 5,451,367,756 1.514 82,553,525
1993 5,533,921,281 1.460 80,772,604
1994 5,614,693,885 1.438 80,758,955
1995 5,695,452,840 1.411 80,376,805
1996 5,775,829,645 1.359 78,509,933
1997 5,854,339,578 1.319 77,208,335
1998 5,931,547,913 1.294 76,731,303
1999 6,008,279,216 1.268 76,205,702
       
2000 6,084,484,918 1.254 76,325,234
2001 6,160,810,152 1.241 76,456,655
2002 6,237,266,807 1.220 76,122,691
2003 6,313,389,498 1.212 76,517,455
2004 6,389,906,953 1.199 76,599,272
2005 6,466,506,225 1.198 77,481,438
2006 6,543,987,663 1.190 77,905,351
2007 6,621,893,014 1.183 78,368,373
2008 6,700,261,387 1.173 78,575,073
2009 6,778,836,460 1.147 77,779,437
       
2010 6,856,615,897 1.131 77,530,497
2011 6,934,146,394 1.125 78,021,248
2012 7,012,167,642 1.116 78,266,207
2013 7,090,433,849 1.092 77,450,545
2014 7,167,884,394 1.080 77,415,451
2015 7,245,299,845 1.075 77,887,612
2016 7,323,187,457 1.060 77,599,039
2017 7,400,786,496 1.043 77,169,252
2018 7,477,955,748 1.022 76,440,468
2019 7,554,396,216 0.998 75,401,895
       
2020 7,629,798,111 0.972 74,180,649
2021 7,703,978,760 0.948 73,038,117
2022 7,777,016,877 0.925 71,959,921
2023 7,848,976,798 0.902 70,783,338
2024 7,919,760,136 0.878 69,524,853
2025 7,989,284,989 0.855 68,326,213
2026 8,057,611,202 0.834 67,184,329
2027 8,124,795,531 0.812 65,991,012
2028 8,190,786,543 0.791 64,786,039
2029 8,255,572,582 0.770 63,573,707
       
2030 8,319,146,289 0.751 62,440,399
2031 8,381,586,688 0.732 61,392,910
2032 8,442,979,598 0.715 60,347,733
2033 8,503,327,331 0.697 59,296,566
2034 8,562,623,897 0.680 58,227,334
2035 8,620,851,231 0.664 57,219,349
2036 8,678,070,580 0.648 56,270,154
2037 8,734,340,734 0.633 55,301,550
2038 8,789,642,284 0.618 54,311,392
2039 8,843,953,676 0.603 53,298,659
       
2040 8,897,252,335 0.588 52,322,446
2041 8,949,574,781 0.574 51,378,065
2042 9,000,952,846 0.560 50,390,602
2043 9,051,343,448 0.545 49,356,913
2044 9,100,700,361 0.531 48,284,246
2045 9,148,984,607 0.516 47,237,518
2046 9,196,222,125 0.502 46,210,494
2047 9,242,432,619 0.488 45,138,181
2048 9,287,570,800 0.474 44,027,603
2049 9,331,598,403 0.460 42,885,822
       
2050 9,374,484,225    

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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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | International Programs | International Data Base   Revised:September 27, 2016   Version: Data:16.0804 Code:12.0321