Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects and national statistical offices.

Population history

Population by year

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Year	Total	Filter
1950	8,176,000	1
1951	8,418,000
1952	8,630,000	1
1953	8,816,000
1954	8,999,000
1955	9,205,000	1
1956	9,424,000
1957	9,638,000	1
1958	9,847,000
1959	10,060,000	1
1960	10,280,000
1961	10,500,000	1
1962	10,707,000
1963	10,913,000
1964	11,128,000	1
1965	11,357,000
1966	11,592,000	1
1967	11,810,000
1968	12,030,000	1
1969	12,272,000
1970	12,599,000	1
1971	12,997,000
1972	13,304,000	1
1973	13,518,000	1
1974	13,719,000
1975	13,893,000
1976	14,046,000	1
1977	14,203,000
1978	14,367,000
1979	14,533,000	1
1980	14,721,000
1981	14,949,000
1982	15,192,000	1
1983	15,414,000
1984	15,620,000	1
1985	15,835,000
1986	16,069,000	1
1987	16,322,000
1988	16,594,000	1
1989	16,869,000
1990	17,126,000	1
1991	17,353,000
1992	17,549,000	1
1993	17,722,000
1994	17,897,000
1995	18,095,000	1
1996	18,305,000
1997	18,504,000	1
1998	18,701,000
1999	18,909,000
2000	19,132,000	1
2001	19,365,000
2002	19,595,000	1
2003	19,819,000
2004	20,046,000	1
2005	20,294,000
2006	20,590,000	1
2007	20,954,000
2008	21,370,000	1
2009	21,783,000	1
2010	22,141,000	1
2011	22,479,000
2012	22,852,000	1
2013	23,236,000	1
2014	23,595,000	1
2015	23,948,000
2016	24,329,000	1
2017	24,731,000	1
2018	25,119,000	1
2019	25,482,000
2020	25,743,000	1
2021	25,956,000
2022	26,200,000	1
2023	26,451,000
2024	26,713,000	1
2025	26,974,000
2026	27,227,000	1