Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, International Data Base. Note: Data updated 7-17-2003

Year

Population

Average annual
growth rate (%)

Average annual
population change

1950

2,555,360,972

1.47

37,785,986

1951

2,593,146,958

1.61

42,060,389

1952

2,635,207,347

1.71

45,337,232

1953

2,680,544,579

1.77

47,971,823

1954

2,728,516,402

1.87

51,451,629

1955

2,779,968,031

1.89

52,959,308

1956

2,832,927,339

1.95

55,827,050

1957

2,888,754,389

1.94

56,506,563

1958

2,945,260,952

1.76

52,335,100

1959

2,997,596,052

1.39

42,073,278

1960

3,039,669,330

1.33

40,792,172

1961

3,080,461,502

1.80

56,094,590

1962

3,136,556,092

2.19

69,516,194

1963

3,206,072,286

2.19

71,119,813

1964

3,277,192,099

2.08

69,031,982

1965

3,346,224,081

2.08

70,238,858

1966

3,416,462,939

2.02

69,755,364

1967

3,486,218,303

2.04

71,882,406

1968

3,558,100,709

2.08

74,679,905

1969

3,632,780,614

2.05

75,286,491

1970

3,708,067,105

2.07

77,587,001

1971

3,785,654,106

2.01

76,694,660

1972

3,862,348,766

1.95

76,183,283

1973

3,938,532,049

1.90

75,547,134

1974

4,014,079,183

1.81

73,265,577

1975

4,087,344,760

1.74

71,797,582

1976

4,159,142,342

1.72

72,213,985

1977

4,231,356,327

1.69

72,172,286

1978

4,303,528,613

1.73

75,085,409

1979

4,378,614,022

1.71

75,655,181

1980

4,454,269,203

1.69

75,864,564

1981

4,530,133,767

1.75

80,105,008

1982

4,610,238,775

1.73

80,253,764

1983

4,690,492,539

1.68

79,312,007

1984

4,769,804,546

1.68

80,596,505

1985

4,850,401,051

1.68

82,234,417

1986

4,932,725,468

1.71

85,142,812

1987

5,107,,868,280

1.69

85,667,332

1988

5,103,535,612

1.66

85,671,996

1989

5,189,207,608

1.66

86.677,681

1990

5,275,885,289

1.58

83,940,351

1991

5,359,825,640

1.55

83,939,711

1992

5,443,765,351

1.48

81,404,054

1993

5,525,169,405

1.44

80,191,434

1994

5,605,360,839

1.43

80,626,257

1995

5,685,987,096

1.38

79,173,661

1996

5,765,160,757

1.37

79,745,131

1997

5,844,905,888

1.34

78,784,175

1998

5,923,690,063

1.31

78,308,546

1999

6,001,998,609

1.27

77,008,373

2000

6,079,006,982

1.23

75,318,861

2001

6,154,325,843

1.20

74,315,460

2002

6,228,641,303

1.18

73,845,390

2003

6,302,486,693

1.16

73,395,376

2004

6,375,882,069

1.14

72,898,133

2005

6,448,780,202

1.12

72,714,711

2006

6,521,494,913

1.11

72,772,754

2007

6,594,267,667

1.10

72,776,911

2008

6,667,044,578

1.08

72,703,236

2009

6,739,747,814

1.07

72,485,099

2010

6,812,232,913

1.06

72,447,829

2011

6,884,680,742

1.05

72,509,964

2012

6,957,190,706

1.03

72,261,423

2013

7,029,452,129

1.02

71,803,520