From: U.S.

Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2011

Decennial Census
The U.S. Constitution provides for a census of the population every 10 years,
primarily to establish a basis for apportionment of members of the House of Representatives among the states.
In 1902, the Census Bureau was established, responsible for enumerating the population and compiling statistics
Historically, the enumeration of the population has been a complete count.
Starting in 1940, sampling methods were used. In the 1990 and 2000 censuses, variable sampling rates were em
Since 1930, these census counts are for April 1.

Current Population Survey Estimates

Estimates of the United States population are derived by updating the resident population enumerated in Census
information on the components of population change: births, deaths, and net international migration.
Estimates are made as of July 1 of the year.

From: http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/worldhis.php

World population numbers are as of July1 of the year.

References:
Michael Kremer (1993), "Population Growth and Technical Change, One Million B.C. to 1990,"Quarterly Journal of Economics
tatives among the states.
ion and compiling statistics.

ble sampling rates were employed.

tion enumerated in Census 2000 with

onal migration.

erly Journal of Economics 108:3 (August), pp. 681-716.

From: U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2011

Decennial Census: Current Population Survey Estimates:

US Avg. annual %
US Population growth during US
Year Population (millions) that decade Year Population
1790 3,929,214 3.929 3.05% 1960 ###
1800 5,308,483 5.308 3.15% 1961 ###
1810 7,239,881 7.240 2.90% 1962 ###

U S P o p u la t io n (m illio n s )
1820 9,638,453 9.638 2.93% 1963 ###
1830 ### 12.866 2.87% 1964 ###
1840 17,069,453 17.069 3.11% 1965 ###
1850 ### 23.192 3.09% 1966 ###
1860 ### 31.443 2.39% 1967 ###
1870 ### 39.818 2.34% 1968 ###
1880 ### 50.189 2.30% 1969 ###
1890 ### 62.980 1.93% 1970 ###
1900 76,212,168 76.212 1.93% 1971 ### 1,000.000
1910 ### 92.228 1.40% 1972 ###
1920 ### 106.022 1.51% 1973 ###
1930 ### 123.203 0.70% 1974 ### 100.000

1940 ### 132.165 1.36% 1975 ###

1950 ### 151.326 1.71% 1976 ###
1960 ### 179.323 1.26% 1977 ### 10.000

1970 ### 203.302 1.09% 1978 ###

1980 ### 226.542 0.94% 1979 ###
1.000
1990 ### 248.718 1.28% 1980 ###

U S P o p u la t io n ( m illio n s )
1750 1800
2000 ### 282.385 1981 ###
1982 ###
1983 ###
1984 ###
1985 ###
1986 ###
1987 ###
1988 ###
1989 ### 300.000
1990 ###
250.000
1991 ###
1992 ### 200.000

1993 ###
150.000
1994 ###
1995 ### 100.000

1996 ### 50.000

1997 ###
1998 ### 0.000
1750 1800
1999 ###
2000 ###
2001 ###
2002 ###
2003 ###
2004 ###
2005 ###
2006 ###
2007 ###
2008 ###
2009 ###
ey Estimates:

Population Change
Between July 1, 2003 and July 1, 2004:
Births ###
Deaths ###
U S P o p u la t io n (m illio n s )

Net immigration ###

Population increase ###

1,000.000

100.000

10.000

1.000
U S P o p u la t io n ( m illio n s )

1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2050

Year

300.000

250.000

200.000

150.000

100.000

50.000

0.000
1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2050
Year
 U S P o p u la tio n (m illio n s )
Before 1960, 10 year census data was filled in assuming constant annual growth during that decade.
From 1960, Current Population Survey estimates are used.

Year US US
Population Population
1900 76,212,168 76.212
(millions)
1901 77,679,853 77.680
1902 79,175,803 79.176
350.000
1903 80,700,562 80.701
1904 82,254,684 82.255
300.000
1905 83,838,736 83.839
1906 85,453,293 85.453
1907 87.099 250.000
87,098,943
1908 88,776,284 88.776
1909 90,485,928 90.486 200.000
1910 92,228,496 92.228
1911 93,522,913 93.523 150.000
1912 94,835,496 94.835
1913 96,166,502 96.167 100.000
1914 97,516,188 97.516
1915 98,884,816 98.885 50.000
1916 100,272,654 100.273 1880 1900 1920
1917 101.680

U S P o p u la tio n (m illio n s )
101,679,969
1918 103,107,036 103.107
1919 104,554,132 104.554
1920 106,021,537 106.022
1921 107,625,872 107.626
1922 109,254,484 109.254
1923 110,907,740 110.908
1924 112,586,013 112.586
1925 114,289,683 114.290
1000.000
1926 116,019,132 116.019
1927 117,774,752 117.775
1928 119,556,938 119.557
1929 121,366,093 121.366
1930 123,202,624 123.203
1931 124,070,767 124.071
1932 124,945,027 124.945 100.000
1933 125,825,447 125.825
1934 126,712,072 126.712
1935 127,604,944 127.605
1936 128,504,107 128.504
1937 129,409,607 129.410
1938 130,321,487 130.321 10.000
1939 131,239,793 131.240 1880 1900 1920
1940 132,164,569 132.165
1941 133,966,076 133.966
1942 135,792,139 135.792
1943 137,643,093 137.643
1944 139,519,277 139.519
1945 141,421,034 141.421
1946 143,348,714 143.349
1947 145,302,670 145.303
1948 147,283,260 147.283
1949 149,290,846 149.291
1950 151,325,798 151.326
1951 153,972,747 153.973
1952 156,665,996 156.666
1953 159,406,355 159.406
1954 162,194,647 162.195
1955 165,031,711 165.032
1956 167,918,401 167.918
1957 170,855,584 170.856
1958 173,844,142 173.844
1959 176,884,977 176.885
1960 179,979,000 179.979
1961 182,992,000 182.992
1962 185,771,000 185.771
1963 188,483,000 188.483
1964 191,141,000 191.141
1965 193,526,000 193.526
1966 195,576,000 195.576
1967 197,457,000 197.457
1968 199,399,000 199.399
1969 201,385,000 201.385
1970 203,984,000 203.984
1971 206,827,000 206.827
1972 209,284,000 209.284
1973 211,357,000 211.357
1974 213,342,000 213.342
1975 215,465,000 215.465
1976 217,563,000 217.563
1977 219,760,000 219.760
1978 222,095,000 222.095
1979 224,567,000 224.567
1980 227,225,000 227.225
1981 229,466,000 229.466
1982 231,664,000 231.664
1983 233,792,000 233.792
1984 235,825,000 235.825
1985 237,924,000 237.924
1986 240,133,000 240.133
1987 242,289,000 242.289
1988 244,499,000 244.499
1989 246,819,000 246.819
1990 249,623,000 249.623
1991 252,981,000 252.981
1992 256,514,000 256.514
1993 259,919,000 259.919
1994 263,126,000 263.126
1995 266,278,000 266.278
1996 269,394,000 269.394
1997 272,647,000 272.647
1998 275,854,000 275.854
1999 279,040,000 279.040
2000 282,192,000 282.192
2001 285,102,000 285.102
2002 287,941,000 287.941
2003 290,789,000 290.789
2004 293,655,000 293.655
2005 296,410,000 296.410
2006 298,995,825 298.996
2007 302,003,917 302.004
2008 304,797,761 304.798
2009 307,439,406 307.439
350.000

300.000

250.000

200.000

150.000

100.000

50.000
1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020
Year

1000.000

100.000

10.000
1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020
Year
From various sources
% of
Americans U.S. Population Population
War Years Killed at end of war Killed
Revolutionary War 1775-1783 25,324 3,200,000 0.791%
War of 1812 1812-1815 2,260 8,350,000 0.027%
Mexican War 1846-1848 13,283 21,800,000 0.061%
Civil War 1861-1865 560,000 35,000,000 1.600%
Spanish American
+ Phillipines Wars 1898-1902 6,719 79,176,000 0.008%
World War I 1917-1918 116,708 103,107,000 0.113%
World War II 1941-1945 408,306 141,421,000 0.289%
Korean War 1950-1953 36,568 159,406,000 0.023%
Vietnam War 1957-1975 58,219 215,465,000 0.027%
Persian Gulf War 1990-1991 363 252,981,000 0.000%
Iraq War 2003-2011 4,477 312,500,000 0.001%
Afghanistan War 2001-2011 1,803 312,500,000 0.001%

(as of October 31, 2011)

From: http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/worldpoptotal.php
http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/worldhis.php
World Avg. annual World
Population % growth Populatio Annual
(est., during that World n %
Year millions) period Year Population (millions) growth
1000 290 0.07% 1950 2,556,506,575 2556.51 1.46%
1100 310 0.26% 1951 2,593,857,923 2593.86 1.61%
1200 400 0.05% 1952 2,635,733,945 2635.73 1.72%
1250 410 -0.05% 1953 2,681,061,562 2681.06 1.80%
1300 400 0.24% 1954 2,729,285,853 2729.29 1.90%
1340 440 -0.33% 1955 2,781,208,967 2781.21 1.91%
1400 360 0.29%
1500 480 0.15% 1956 2,834,465,152 2834.47 1.98%
1600 560 -0.19% 1957 2,890,573,001 2890.57 1.97%
1650 510 0.42% 1958 2,947,422,273 2947.42 1.79%
1700 630 0.40% 1959 3,000,072,655 3000.07 1.41%
1750 770 0.42% 1960 3,042,445,758 3042.45 1.35%
1800 950 0.55% 1961 3,083,508,955 3083.51 1.82%
1850 1,250 0.56% 1962 3,139,723,532 3139.72 2.22%
1900 1,650 0.59% 1963 3,209,535,906 3209.54 2.23%
1910 1,750 0.61% 1964 3,280,979,442 3280.98 2.11%
1920 1,860 1.08% 1965 3,350,250,014 3350.25 2.10%
1930 2,070 1.06% 1966 3,420,547,733 3420.55 2.04%
1940 2,300 1.06% 1967 3,490,293,234 3490.29 2.06%
1950 2,556 1.75% 1968 3,562,358,631 3562.36 2.10%
1960 3,041 2.01% 1969 3,637,281,889 3637.28 2.08%
1970 3,709 1.84% 1970 3,712,969,501 3712.97 2.10%
1980 4,453 1.72% 1971 3,790,862,584 3790.86 2.02%
1990 5,283 1.42% 1972 3,867,398,556 3867.40 1.96%
2000 6,082 1.18% 1973 3,943,271,426 3943.27 1.89%
2005 6,451 1974 4,017,944,003 4017.94 1.81%
1975 4,090,586,151 4090.59 1.74%
1976 4,161,861,439 4161.86 1.73%
Annual Growth Rate from 1000 - 1750: 1977 4,233,919,881 4233.92 1.70%
0.13% 1978 4,306,068,862 4306.07 1.74%
1979 4,381,075,661 4381.08 1.65%
Annual Growth Rate from 1750 - 1900: 1980 4,453,473,910 4453.47 1.86%
0.51% 1981 4,536,343,846 4536.34 1.76%
1982 4,616,406,697 4616.41 1.76%
Annual Growth Rate from 1900 - 2000: 1983 4,697,565,583 4697.57 1.71%
1.31% 1984 4,777,834,524 4777.83 1.71%
1985 4,859,510,682 4859.51 1.73%
1986 4,943,448,890 4943.45 1.75%
1987 5,029,883,265 5029.88 1.73%
1988 5,116,984,580 5116.98 1.70%
1989 5,203,738,890 5203.74 1.68%
1990 5,291,102,471 5291.10 1.57%
1991 5,374,112,146 5374.11 1.58%
1992 5,459,044,019 5459.04 1.51%
1993 5,541,441,772 5541.44 1.46%
1994 5,622,359,524 5622.36 1.44%
1995 5,703,456,064 5703.46 1.41%
1996 5,783,846,531 5783.85 1.36%
1997 5,862,652,295 5862.65 1.33%
1998 5,940,580,694 5940.58 1.30%
1999 6,017,912,783 6017.91 1.28%
2000 6,094,669,571 6094.67 1.27%
2001 6,171,904,482 6171.90 1.25%
2002 6,249,053,946 6249.05 1.23%
2003 6,325,743,111 6325.74 1.22%
2004 6,402,717,607 6402.72 1.21%
2005 6,479,962,284 6479.96 1.21%
2006 6558066329 6558.07 1.20%
2007 6636826517 6636.83 1.18%
2008 6715207267 6715.21 1.16%
2009 6792892971 6792.89 1.11%
2010 6868528206 6868.53
World Population Change
Estimates for the year 2006
W o rld P o p u la t io n ( m illio n s )

Births ###
Deaths 56,579,396
Population increase 74,281,173

10,000

1,000

100
W o rld P o p u la t io n ( m illio n s )

900 1100 1300 1500 1700 1900 2100

Year

10,000
W o rld P o p u la t io n ( m illio n s )

1,000
1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2050
Year

8000.00

7000.00
W o rld P o p u la t io n ( m illio n

8000.00

7000.00

6000.00

5000.00

4000.00

3000.00

2000.00
1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
Year
 W o rld P o p u la t io n ( m illio n s )
From: http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/worldhis.php
(Population estimate obtained by taking the average estimate from the various sources cited.)
World
Population Avg. annual %
(est., growth during
Year millions) that period
-10000 5 0.00%
-8000 5 0.03%
-6500 8 0.02%
-5000 11 -0.05%
-4000 7 0.08% 10000

-3000 15 0.05%
-2000 25 0.07% 1000

-1000 50 0.14%
-500 100 0.41% 100
-400 150 0.12%
-200 190 0.17% 10
1 270 -0.10%
200 220 -0.05% 1
400 200 0.00% -8000 -6000 -4000 -2000 0 20
Year
500 200 0.00%
600 200 0.05%
700 210 0.05%
800 220 0.04%
900 230 0.23%
1000 290 0.07%
1100 310 0.26%
1200 400 0.05%
1250 410 -0.05%
1300 400 0.24%
1340 440 -0.33%
1400 360 0.29%
1500 480 0.15%
1600 560 -0.19%
1650 510 0.42%
1700 630 0.40%
1750 770 0.42%
1800 950 0.55%
1850 1,250 0.56%
1900 1,650 0.88%
1950 2,556 1.75%
2000 6,095

Annual Growth Rate from 8000BC - 1000AD:

0.05%

Annual Growth Rate from 1000 - 1750:

 0.13%

Annual Growth Rate from 1750 - 1900:

0.51%

Annual Growth Rate from 1900 - 2000:

1.32%
0 -2000 0 2000
Year
From: http://www.prb.org/Template.cfm?Section=PRB&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=7421
(based on an article by Carl Haub, originally published in Population Today, 1995)

How Many People Have Ever Lived On Earth?

Births Between
Year Population Births per 1,000 Benchmarks
50,000 B.C. 2 - -
8000 B.C. 5,000,000 80 1,137,789,769
1 A.D. 300,000,000 80 46,025,332,354
1200 450,000,000 60 26,591,343,000
1650 500,000,000 60 12,782,002,453
1750 795,000,000 50 3,171,931,513
1850 1,265,000,000 40 4,046,240,009
1900 1,656,000,000 40 2,900,237,856
1950 2,516,000,000 31-38 3,390,198,215
1995 5,760,000,000 31 5,427,305,000
2002 6,215,000,000 23 983,987,500

Number who have ever been born 106,456,367,669

World population in mid-2002 6,215,000,000
Percent of those ever born who are living in 2002 5.8

Notes:
While hominids have been around for several million years, Homo sapiens didn't appear till about 5
8000BC represents the start of modern agriculture.
In this time frame, life expectance is estimated to have been about 10 years (very high infant mort
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idn't appear till about 50,000 BC.

s (very high infant mortality).