Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat,
The World at Six Billion. (ESA/P/WP.154), 12 October 1999.
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Year | Population (in billions) |
World Population Reached: 1 billion in 1804 2 billion in 1927 (123 years later) 3 billion in 1960 (33 years later) 4 billion in 1974 (14 years later) 5 billion in 1987 (13 years later) 6 billion in 1999 (12 years later) World Population May Reach: 7 billion in 2013 (14 years later) 8 billion in 2028 (15 years later) 9 billion in 2054 (26 years later) 10 billion in 2183 (129 years later) Near Stabilisation after year 2200 with a population of just above 10 billion. |
0 1000 1250 1500 1750 1800 1850 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 1999 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2100 2150 |
0.30 0.31 0.40 0.50 0.79 0.98 1.26 1.65 1.75 1.86 2.07 2.30 2.52 3.02 3.70 4.44 5.27 5.98 6.06 6.79 7.50 8.11 8.58 8.91 9.46 9.75 |
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Published in: Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, The World at Six Billion. (ESA/P/WP.154), 12 October 1999. |