Historical Estimates of World Population
(Population in millions. When lower and upper estimates are the same they are shown
under "Lower.")
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--Summary-- Bira- --Durand--- and Thomlinson- -UN, 1973-- UN,
Year Lower Upper ben Lower Upper Haub Jones Lower Upper Lower Upper 1995 USBC
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-10000 1 10 4 1 10
-8000 5 5
-6500 5 10 5 10
-5000 5 20 5 5 20
-4000 7 7
-3000 14 14
-2000 27 27
-1000 50 50
-500 100 100
-400 162 162
-200 150 231 231 150
1 170 400 255 270 330 300 170 200 200 400 300
200 190 256 256 190
400 190 206 206 190
500 190 206 206 190
600 200 206 206 200
700 207 210 207 210
800 220 224 224 220
900 226 240 226 240
1000 254 345 254 275 345 265 310
1100 301 320 301 320
1200 360 450 400 450 360
1250 400 416 416 400
1300 360 432 432 360 400
1340 443 443
1400 350 374 374 350
1500 425 540 460 440 540 425 500
1600 545 579 579 545
1650 470 545 500 545 500 470 545
1700 600 679 679 610 600
1750 629 961 770 735 805 795 720 700 629 961 790
1800 813 1,125 954 900 900 813 1,125 980
1850 1,128 1,402 1,241 1,265 1,200 1,200 1,128 1,402 1,260
1900 1,550 1,762 1,633 1,650 1,710 1,656 1,625 1,600 1,550 1,762 1,650
1910 1,750 1,750
1920 1,860 1,860
1930 2,070 2,070
1940 2,300 2,300
1950 2,400 2,556 2,527 2,516 2,500 2,400 2,486 2,520 2,556
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Sources:
Biraben, Jean-Noel, 1980, An Essay Concerning Mankind's Evolution,
Population, Selected Papers, December, table 2.
Durand, John D., 1974, "Historical Estimates of World Population:
An Evaluation," University of Pennsylvania, Population Center,
Analytical and Technical Reports, Number 10, table 2.
Haub, Carl, 1995, "How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth?" Population
Today, February, p. 5.
McEvedy, Colin and Richard Jones, 1978, "Atlas of World Population
History," Facts on File, New York, pp. 342-351.
Thomlinson, Ralph, 1975, "Demographic Problems, Controversy
Over Population Control," Second Edition, Table 1.
United Nations (UN), 1973, The Determinants and Consequences of
Population Trends, Population Studies, No. 50., p.10.
United Nations, 1996, "World Population From Year 0 to Stabilization",
gopher://gopher.undp.org:70/00/ungophers/popin/wdtrends/histor
U.S. Bureau of the Census (USBC), 1995, "Total Midyear Population for
the World: 1950-2050", Data updated 2-28-96,
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/worldpop.html