A list of
data for historical and projected human populationA population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
of planet
EarthEarth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
from various
sourcesA source text is a text from which information or ideas are derived. In translation, a source text is the original text that is to be translated into another language.-Description:...
is recorded here for reference (see e.g.
World populationThe world population is the total number of living humans on the planet Earth. As of today, it is estimated to be billion by the United States Census Bureau...
or
Historical Estimates of World Population at U.S. Census Bureau). Estimates previous to the year 10,000 BC can be made only from archeological evidence.
The last point in which
Homo sapiens sapiens hit a
dangerous lowA population bottleneck is an evolutionary event in which a significant percentage of a population or species is killed or otherwise prevented from reproducing....
, coming close to extinction, was at year 70,000 BC during the
Toba catastropheThe Toba supereruption was a supervolcanic eruption that occurred some time between 69,000 and 77,000 years ago at Lake Toba . It is recognized as one of the Earth's largest known eruptions...
.
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignThe University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
estimates human world population (
Homo sapiens in Africa) between 1,000 and 10,000 breeding couples.
The following table uses
astronomical year numberingAstronomical year numbering is based on AD/CE year numbering, but follows normal decimal integer numbering more strictly. Thus, it has a year 0, the years before that are designated with negative numbers and the years after that are designated with positive numbers...
for dates, negative numbers corresponding roughly to the corresponding year BC (i.e. -10000 = 10,001 BC, etc.). The table starts counting around the Late Glacial Maximum period, in which ices retreated and humans started to spread into the northern hemisphere.
| Year |
United States Census BureauThe United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
(2009) |
Population Reference Bureau The Population Reference Bureau is a private, nonprofit organization which informs people around the world about population, health and the environment for research or academic purposes...
(1973–2008) |
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs is part of the United Nations Secretariat and is responsible for the follow-up to the major United Nations Summits and Conferences, as well as services to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and the Second and Third Committees...
(2008) |
HYDE
(2006) |
Maddison Angus Maddison was a British economist and a world scholar on quantitative macroeconomic history, including the measurement and analysis of economic growth and development...
(2003) |
TantonJohn H. Tanton, M.D., is a retired ophthalmologist from Petoskey, Michigan, and an influential activist in efforts aimed at reducing immigration levels in the United States. He was organizer and first chairman of the Federation for American Immigration Reform , a non-profit educational group that...
(1994) |
Biraben
(1980) |
McEvedy Colin Peter McEvedy , was a British psychiatrist, historian, demographer and non-fiction author. He was born in Salford, Lancashire and died in London....
&
Jones (1978) |
Thomlinson
(1975) |
Durand
(1974) |
Clark Colin Grant Clark was a British and Australian economist and statistician who worked in both the United Kingdom and Australia. He pioneered the use of the gross national product as the basis for studying national economies.-Biography:Colin Clark was born in London in 1905 and was educated at the...
(1967) |
| −10000 |
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4,000,000 |
1,000,000 to 10,000,000 |
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| −8000 |
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5,000,000 |
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5,000,000 to 10,000,000 |
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| −5000 |
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5,000,000 |
5,000,000 to 20,000,000 |
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| −4000 |
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7,000,000 |
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| −3000 |
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14,000,000 |
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| −2000 |
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27,000,000 |
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| −1000 |
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50,000,000 |
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| −500 |
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100,000,000 |
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| −400 |
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162,000,000 |
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| −200 |
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231,000,000 |
150,000,000 |
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| 0 or 1 |
|
300,000,000 |
300,000,000 |
|
230,820,000 |
150,000,000 |
255,000,000 |
170,000,000 |
200,000,000 |
270,000,000 to 330,000,000 |
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| 14 |
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256,000,000 |
| 200 |
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256,000,000 |
190,000,000 |
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| 350 |
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254,000,000 |
| 400 |
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206,000,000 |
190,000,000 |
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| 500 |
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206,000,000 |
190,000,000 |
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| 600 |
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206,000,000 |
200,000,000 |
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237,000,000 |
| 700 |
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207,000,000 |
210,000,000 |
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| 800 |
|
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224,000,000 |
220,000,000 |
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261,000,000 |
| 900 |
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226,000,000 |
240,000,000 |
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| 1000 |
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310,000,000 |
|
267,573,000 |
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254,000,000 |
265,000,000 |
|
275,000,000 to 345,000,000 |
280,000,000 |
| 1100 |
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301,000,000 |
320,000,000 |
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| 1200 |
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450,000,000 |
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400,000,000 |
360,000,000 |
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384,000,000 |
| 1250 |
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400,000,000 |
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416,000,000 |
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350,000,000 to 450,000,000 |
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| 1300 |
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300,000,000 |
432,000,000 |
360,000,000 |
400,000,000 |
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| 1340 |
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443,000,000 |
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378,000,000 |
| 1400 |
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374,000,000 |
350,000,000 |
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| 1500 |
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500,000,000 |
|
438,428,000 |
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460,000,000 |
425,000,000 |
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440,000,000 to 540,000,000 |
427,000,000 |
| 1600 |
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556,148,000 |
|
579,000,000 |
545,000,000 |
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498,000,000 |
| 1650 |
|
500,000,000 |
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545,000,000 |
500,000,000 |
|
516,000,000 |
| 1700 |
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640,035,774 |
603,490,000 |
600,000,000 |
679,000,000 |
610,000,000 |
600,000,000 |
|
641,000,000 |
| 1710 |
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662,378,306 |
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| 1720 |
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679,615,896 |
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| 1730 |
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689,283,580 |
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| 1740 |
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769,991,547 |
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| 1750 |
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795,000,000 |
791,000,000 |
824,276,110 |
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770,000,000 |
720,000,000 |
700,000,000 |
735,000,000 to 805,000,000 |
731,000,000 |
| 1760 |
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846,137,329 |
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| 1770 |
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864,445,832 |
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| 1780 |
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949,409,344 |
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| 1790 |
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982,617,842 |
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| 1800 |
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978,000,000 |
980,851,296 |
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900,000,000 |
954,000,000 |
900,000,000 |
900,000,000 |
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890,000,000 |
| 1810 |
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1,045,073,963 |
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| 1820 |
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1,069,841,690 |
1,041,834,000 |
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| 1830 |
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1,138,392,564 |
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| 1840 |
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1,192,729,394 |
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| 1850 |
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1,265,000,000 |
1,262,000,000 |
1,244,327,949 |
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1,241,000,000 |
1,200,000,000 |
1,200,000,000 |
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| 1860 |
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1,270,044,073 |
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| 1870 |
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1,309,430,136 |
1,271,915,000 |
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| 1875 |
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1,325,000,000 |
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| 1880 |
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1,397,685,022 |
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| 1890 |
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1,516,025,314 |
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| 1900 |
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1,656,000,000 |
1,650,000,000 |
1,633,848,213 |
1,563,622,000 |
1,600,000,000 |
1,633,000,000 |
1,625,000,000 |
1,600,000,000 |
1,650,000,000 to 1,710,000,000 |
1,668,000,000 |
| 1910 |
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1,750,000,000 |
1,753,594,443 |
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| 1913 |
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1,791,091,000 |
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| 1920 |
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1,860,000,000 |
1,888,034,127 |
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1,968,000,000 |
| 1925 |
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2,000,000,000 |
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| 1930 |
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2,070,000,000 |
2,073,363,421 |
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2,145,000,000 |
| 1940 |
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2,300,000,000 |
2,299,541,939 |
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2,340,000,000 |
| 1950 |
2,555,974,605 |
2,516,000,000 |
2,529,346,000 |
2,528,313,293 |
2,524,324,000 |
2,400,000,000 |
2,527,000,000 |
2,500,000,000 |
2,400,000,000 |
|
2,499,000,000 |
| 1955 |
2,780,923,093 |
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2,763,453,000 |
2,767,727,535 |
2,766,471,000 |
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| 1960 |
3,041,697,768 |
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3,023,358,000 |
3,035,624,545 |
3,038,795,000 |
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| 1962 |
3,138,922,062 |
|
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3,155,862,958 |
3,132,691,000 |
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3,036,000,000 |
| 1965 |
3,349,287,332 |
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3,331,670,000 |
3,351,348,699 |
3,328,882,000 |
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| 1966 |
3,419,728,217 |
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3,420,389,193 |
3,397,631,000 |
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3,288,000,000 |
| 1970 |
3,711,961,664 |
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3,685,777,000 |
3,696,590,163 |
3,685,058,000 |
|
3,637,000,000 |
|
3,600,000,000 |
3,600,000,000 to 3,700,000,000 |
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| 1973 |
3,941,550,996 |
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3,923,325,629 |
3,916,489,000 |
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| 1975 |
4,088,611,586 |
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4,061,317,000 |
4,073,741,819 |
4,065,408,000 |
|
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3,900,000,000 |
4,000,000,000 |
|
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| 1980 |
4,452,547,522 |
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4,437,609,000 |
4,442,296,596 |
4,435,598,000 |
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| 1985 |
4,852,051,940 |
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4,846,247,000 |
4,843,949,085 |
4,830,813,000 |
5,000,000,000 |
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| 1990 |
5,283,687,429 |
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5,290,452,000 |
5,279,521,283 |
5,259,502,000 |
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| 1995 |
5,696,676,739 |
5,760,000,000 |
5,713,073,000 |
5,692,354,537 |
5,677,287,000 |
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| 1998 |
5,932,090,951 |
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5,930,407,103 |
5,914,930,000 |
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| 1999 |
6,008,254,795 |
|
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6,008,326,071 |
5,997,967,000 |
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| 2000 |
6,083,550,220 |
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6,115,367,000 |
6,085,574,386 |
6,071,144,000 |
|
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5,750,000,000 |
|
|
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| 2001 |
6,159,242,510 |
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6,149,006,000 |
|
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| 2002 |
6,234,361,771 |
6,215,000,000 |
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6,238,183,321 |
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| 2005 |
6,456,443,080 |
6,477,000,000 |
6,512,276,000 |
6,464,751,609 |
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| 2006 |
6,530,984,631 |
6,555,000,000 |
|
6,540,285,038 |
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| 2007 |
6,606,214,786 |
6,625,000,000 |
|
6,615,854,053 |
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| 2008 |
6,681,112,529 |
6,705,000,000 |
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6,691,483,957 |
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| 2009 |
6,755,987,239 |
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| 2010 |
6,830,586,985 |
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6,908,688,000 |
6,842,925,208 |
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| 2015 |
7,200,008,584 |
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7,302,186,000 |
7,219,433,211 |
|
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| 2020 |
7,557,514,266 |
|
7,674,833,000 |
7,577,890,552 |
|
8,000,000,000 |
|
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| 2025 |
7,892,758,722 |
8,000,000,000 |
8,011,533,000 |
7,905,241,284 |
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| 2030 |
8,202,205,367 |
|
8,308,895,000 |
8,199,106,302 |
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| 2035 |
8,487,066,951 |
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8,570,570,000 |
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| 2040 |
8,748,743,446 |
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8,801,196,000 |
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| 2045 |
8,987,418,540 |
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8,996,344,000 |
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| 2050 |
9,202,458,484 |
9,352,000,000 |
9,149,984,000 |
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