World Population Growth

World Population Growth to 2500

Year	Population (in billions)
0	0.30
1000	0.31
1250	0.40
1500	0.50
1750	0.79
1800	0.98
1850	1.26
1900	1.65
1910	1.75
1920	1.86
1930	2.07
1940	2.30
1950	2.52
1960	3.02
1970	3.70
1980	4.44
1990	5.27
1998	5.90
2000	6.06
2010	6.79
2020	7.50
2030	8.11
2040	8.58
2050	8.91

Source: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).