Population trends of the three largest countries and the world, past estimates and medium variant projections, 1950-2050

(Total population, in 1,000)

Year	China	India	United States of America	World
1950	554,760	357,561	157,813	2,521,495
1951	568,731	364,127	160,016	2,567,070
1952	580,535	371,170	162,515	2,612,938
1953	590,820	378,689	165,235	2,659,418
1954	600,149	386,672	168,106	2,706,794
1955	609,005	395,096	171,074	2,755,321
1956	617,789	403,928	174,094	2,805,222
1957	626,818	413,122	177,132	2,856,688
1958	636,335	422,627	180,165	2,909,878
1959	646,515	432,384	183,178	2,964,920
1960	657,492	442,344	186,158	3,021,908
1961	669,392	452,476	189,091	3,080,904
1962	682,357	462,780	191,954	3,141,938
1963	696,552	473,292	194,714	3,205,002
1964	712,142	484,071	197,336	3,270,058
1965	729,191	495,157	199,796	3,337,037
1966	747,754	506,547	202,077	3,405,871
1967	767,672	518,221	204,194	3,476,436
1968	788,508	530,176	206,195	3,548,516
1969	809,669	542,410	208,150	3,621,840
1970	830,675	554,911	210,111	3,696,148
1971	851,419	567,704	212,099	3,771,454
1972	871,854	580,776	214,108	3,847,607
1973	891,632	594,038	216,131	3,923,999
1974	910,367	607,371	218,153	3,999,866
1975	927,808	620,701	220,165	4,074,710
1976	943,793	633,972	222,168	4,148,243
1977	958,438	647,238	224,177	4,220,730
1978	972,138	660,664	226,207	4,292,917
1979	985,467	674,483	228,279	4,365,874
1980	998,877	688,856	230,406	4,440,402
1981	1,012,407	703,835	232,597	4,516,590
1982	1,026,021	719,350	234,848	4,594,251
1983	1,039,998	735,293	237,151	4,673,540
1984	1,054,656	751,500	239,490	4,754,580
1985	1,070,175	767,842	241,855	4,837,358
1986	1,086,743	784,279	244,237	4,922,052
1987	1,104,204	800,819	246,639	5,008,406
1988	1,121,965	817,431	249,070	5,095,420
1989	1,139,197	834,094	251,547	5,181,756
1990	1,155,305	850,785	254,076	5,266,442
1991	1,170,066	867,469	256,662	5,349,055
1992	1,183,643	884,115	259,289	5,429,807
1993	1,196,305	900,705	261,921	5,509,146
1994	1,208,489	917,227	264,510	5,587,816
1995	1,220,516	933,665	267,020	5,666,360
1996	1,232,456	949,997	269,439	5,744,872
1997	1,244,202	966,192	271,772	5,823,143
1998	1,255,698	982,223	274,028	5,901,054
1999	1,266,838	998,056	276,218	5,978,401
2000	1,277,558	1,013,662	278,357	6,055,049
2001	1,287,856	1,029,033	280,444	6,130,987
2002	1,297,802	1,044,152	282,479	6,206,306
2003	1,307,478	1,058,966	284,471	6,281,079
2004	1,316,995	1,073,415	286,434	6,355,414
2005	1,326,439	1,087,459	288,380	6,429,397
2006	1,335,826	1,101,089	290,310	6,503,035
2007	1,345,148	1,114,327	292,229	6,576,330
2008	1,354,429	1,127,215	294,143	6,649,342
2009	1,363,685	1,139,809	296,061	6,722,141
2010	1,372,920	1,152,164	297,989	6,794,773
2011	1,382,146	1,164,283	299,929	6,867,236
2012	1,391,333	1,176,191	301,880	6,939,491
2013	1,400,398	1,187,983	303,836	7,011,483
2014	1,409,224	1,199,779	305,788	7,083,134
2015	1,417,720	1,211,665	307,727	7,154,366
2016	1,425,851	1,223,677	309,652	7,225,134
2017	1,433,614	1,235,792	311,560	7,295,373
2018	1,440,981	1,247,962	313,446	7,364,952
2019	1,447,936	1,260,108	315,302	7,433,712
2020	1,454,462	1,272,166	317,124	7,501,521
2021	1,460,546	1,284,122	318,907	7,568,297
2022	1,466,178	1,295,975	320,648	7,633,988
2023	1,471,360	1,307,678	322,343	7,698,506
2024	1,476,101	1,319,183	323,986	7,761,767
2025	1,480,412	1,330,449	325,573	7,823,703
2026	1,484,293	1,341,453	327,101	7,884,254
2027	1,487,752	1,352,187	328,569	7,943,380
2028	1,490,821	1,362,644	329,978	8,001,052
2029	1,493,540	1,372,822	331,327	8,057,256
2030	1,495,944	1,382,722	332,619	8,111,980
2031	1,498,037	1,392,335	333,853	8,165,209
2032	1,499,823	1,401,660	335,029	8,216,929
2033	1,501,324	1,410,705	336,150	8,267,126
2034	1,502,563	1,419,487	337,216	8,315,791
2035	1,503,555	1,428,018	338,231	8,362,928
2036	1,504,312	1,436,299	339,195	8,408,532
2037	1,504,823	1,444,332	340,111	8,452,628
2038	1,505,042	1,452,133	340,983	8,495,275
2039	1,504,908	1,459,721	341,815	8,536,557
2040	1,504,373	1,467,111	342,612	8,576,540
2041	1,503,419	1,474,306	343,377	8,615,262
2042	1,502,052	1,481,303	344,113	8,652,739
2043	1,500,291	1,488,090	344,823	8,688,970
2044	1,498,160	1,494,655	345,508	8,723,956
2045	1,495,676	1,500,987	346,173	8,757,706
2046	1,492,845	1,507,075	346,820	8,790,239
2047	1,489,659	1,512,911	347,453	8,821,587
2048	1,486,101	1,518,487	348,077	8,851,800
2049	1,482,140	1,523,802	348,697	8,880,945
2050	1,477,730	1,528,853	349,318	8,909,095

Source: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 1998 Revision, Copyright ©, 1999

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