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[[File:Population curve.svg|thumb|550px|The estimated size of human population from 10,000 [[Common Era|BCE]]–2000 CE.]]

'''Population growth''' is the change in a [[population]] over time, and can be quantified as the change in the number of individuals of any [[species]] in a population using "per unit time" for measurement.
In [[biology]], the term ''population growth'' is likely to refer to any known [[organism]], but this article deals mostly with the application of the term to [[human]] populations in [[demography]].

Population growth rates might have declined, but in 2013 every 60 minutes there are another 8,000 people in the world: about 75 million every year.<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/11/typhoon-haiyan-there-is-worse-to-come Typhoon Haiyan: there is worse to come, The first disaster to kill more than a million people could happen within our lifetimes] The Guardian, Monday 11 November 2013</ref>

In demography, ''population growth'' is used informally for the more specific term '''population growth rate''' (see below), and is often used to refer specifically to the growth of the human [[World population|population of the world]].

Simple models of population growth include the Malthusian Growth Model and the [[logistic function|logistic model]].

The world population grew from 1 billion to 7 billion from 1800 to 2011. During the year 2011, according to [[World population estimates|estimates]], 135 million people were born and 57 million died, for an increase in population of 78 million.<ref name=hesa2011>7. miljardis ihminen, Helsingin Sanomat editor Mr Timo Paukku 5.9.2011 D1 {{fi}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="float: right; clear:right; margin-left: 10px"
! colspan=3 align="center" style="background-color: #cfb;" | Population<ref name="hesa2011"/>
|-
! style="background-color: #cfb;" | Years Passed
! style="background-color: #cfb;" | Year
! style="background-color: #cfb;" | Billion
|----
| align="left" | - || 1800 || align="right"| 1
|----
| align="left" | 127 || 1927 || align="right"| 2
|----
| align="left" | 33 || 1960 || align="right"| 3
|----
| align="left" | 14 || 1974 || align="right"| 4
|----
| align="left" | 13 || 1987 || align="right"| 5
|----
| align="left" | 12 || 1999 || align="right"| 6
|----
| align="left" | 12 || 2011 || align="right"| 7
|----
| align="left" | 14 || 2025* || align="right"| 8
|----
| align="left" | 18 || 2043* || align="right"| 9
|----
| align="left" | 40 || 2083* || align="right"| 10
|-----
| align="left" colspan=3 | * [[UNFPA]]United Nations Population Fund estimate 31.10.2011 
|}

==Determinants of population growth==

Four factors determine population growth for a given geographical area - births ('''B'''), deaths ('''D'''), immigration rate ('''I'''), and emigration rate ('''E'''):

growth rate of population = (B-D)+(I-E)

In other words, the population growth of a period can be calculated in two parts, [[natural growth]] of population (B-D) and [[mechanical growth]] of population (I-E), in which mechanical growth of population is mainly affected by social factors, e.g. advanced economies may grow faster while backward economies grow slowly or even experience negative growth. (Growth can be both positive or negative i.e. growth can increase or decrease.)

==Population growth rate==
In demographics and [[ecology]], the "population growth rate" is the rate at which the number of individuals in a population increases in a given time period as a fraction of the initial population. Specifically, population growth rate refers to the change in population over a unit time period, often expressed as a [[percentage]] of the number of individuals in the population at the beginning of that period. This can be written as the formula:

:<math>pop\ growth\ rate = \frac{ P(t_2) - P(t_1)} {P(t_1)}</math>

The most common way to express population growth is as a percentage. That is:

:<math>\mathrm{percentage\ growth} = \mathrm{pop\ growth\ rate} \times 100.</math>

A positive growth ratio (or rate) indicates that the population is increasing, while a negative growth ratio indicates the population is decreasing. A growth ratio of zero indicates that there were the same number of people at the two times—net difference between births, deaths a growth rate may be zero even when there are significant changes in the [[birth rate]]s, [[death rate]]s, [[immigration rate]]s, and age distribution between the two times.<ref>[http://www.apheo.ca/index.php?pid=61 Association of Public Health Epidemiologists in Ontario]</ref>

A related measure is the [[net reproduction rate]]. In the absence of migration, a net reproduction rate of more than one indicates that the population of women is increasing, while a net reproduction rate less than one ([[sub-replacement fertility]]) indicates that the population of women is decreasing.

==Excessive growth and decline==
{{main|Human overpopulation|Population decline}}

Population exceeding the [[carrying capacity]] of an area or environment is called [[overpopulation (biology)|overpopulation]]. It may be caused by growth in population or by reduction in capacity. Spikes in human population can cause problems such as [[pollution]] and [[traffic congestion]], these might be resolved or worsened by technological and economic changes. Conversely, such areas may be considered "underpopulated" if the population is not large enough to maintain an [[economic system]] (see [[population decline]]). Between these two extremes sits the notion of the [[optimum population]].

==Human population growth rate==
{{Main|Total fertility rate}}

[[File:Countriesbyfertilityrate.svg|thumb|350px|A world map showing global variations in [[fertility rate]] per woman, according to the [[The World Factbook|CIA World Factbook]]'s 2013 data.
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[[File:World population (UN).svg|thumb|350px|Estimates of population evolution in different [[continent]]s between 1950 and 2050, according to the United Nations. The vertical axis is [[Logarithmic scale|logarithmic]] and is in millions of people.]]
[[File:World population growth rate 1950–2050.svg|thumb|350px|Growth rate of world population (1950–2050).]]

Globally, the growth rate of the [[World population|human population]] has been declining since peaking in 1962 and 1963 at 2.20% per annum. In 2009, the estimated annual growth rate was 1.1%.<ref name="U.S. Census Bureau, January 2010">[http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/worldpop.php U.S. Census Bureau, January 2010]</ref> The [[CIA World Factbook]] gives the world annual birthrate, mortality rate, and growth rate as 1.89%, 0.79%, and 1.096% respectively.<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html World Factbook ]</ref> The last 100 years have seen a rapid increase in population due to [[History of medicine#Modern medicine|medical advances]] and massive increase in agricultural productivity<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4994590.stm BBC NEWS | The end of India's green revolution?]</ref> made possible by the [[Green Revolution]].<ref>[http://www.foodfirst.org/media/opeds/2000/4-greenrev.html Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy]</ref><ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0724/p01s01-wogi.html Rising food prices curb aid to global poor]</ref><ref>[http://www.finfacts.com/irelandbusinessnews/publish/article_1011078.shtml Record rise in wheat price prompts UN official to warn that surge in food prices may trigger social unrest in developing countries]</ref>

The trend is shown in the graph at right. Actual measured data are given to 2010 and extrapolated estimates beyond that. If the linear trend holds and growth rate continues to decline, population growth rate will fall to zero in about 2080. Population will peak and begin declining thereafter. The Malthus exponential model, modified to reflect the linear growth rate trend, suggests that world population will peak at about 10.3 billion. This, of course, is speculative but is consistent with other models showing a population peak in the latter part of the 21st century.

The actual annual growth in the number of humans fell from its peak of 88.0 million in 1989, to a low of 73.9 million in 2003, after which it rose again to 75.2 million in 2006. Since then, annual growth has declined. In 2009, the human population increased by 74.6 million, which is projected to fall steadily to about 41 million per annum in 2050, at which time the population will have increased to about 9.2 billion.<ref name="U.S. Census Bureau, January 2010"/> Each region of the globe has seen great reductions in growth rate in recent decades, though growth rates remain above 2% in some countries of the [[Middle East]] and [[Sub-Saharan Africa]], and also in [[South Asia]], [[Southeast Asia]], and [[Latin America]].<ref>[http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/worldpop.php U.S. Census Bureau, June 2009]</ref>

Some countries experience [[Population decline|negative population growth]], especially in [[Eastern Europe]] mainly due to low [[Total fertility rate|fertility rate]]s, high death rates and [[emigration]]. In [[Southern Africa]], growth is slowing due to the high number of [[HIV]]-related deaths. Some [[Western Europe]] countries might also encounter negative population growth.<ref>[http://esa.un.org/unpp/index.asp?panel=2 UN population projections]</ref> [[Japan]]'s population began decreasing in 2005.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/02/japan-population Japan sees biggest population fall]</ref> The United Nations Population Division expects world population to peak at over 10 billion at the end of the 21st century but Sanjeev Sanyal has argued that global fertility will fall below replacement rates in the 2020s and that world population will peak below 9 billion by 2050 followed by a long decline.<ref>[http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-end-of-population-growth]</ref>

==Growth by country==
According to [[United Nations]] population statistics, the world population grew by 30%, or 1.6 billion people, between 1990 and 2010.<ref name="UN">[http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/unpp/Panel_profiles.htm World Population Prospects, the 2010 Revision]</ref> In number of people the increase was highest in [[India]] 350 million and [[China]] 196 million. Population growth was among highest in the [[United Arab Emirates]] (315%) and [[Qatar]] (271%).<ref name="UN" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Growth rates of the world's most populous countries
|-
!Rank
!Country
!Population 2010
!Population 1990
!Growth (%) 1990–2010
|-
|
| {{noflag}} World
| align="right"|6,895,889,000
| align="right"|5,306,425,000
| align="right"|30.0%
|-
| 1
| {{flag|China}}
| align="right"|1,341,335,000
| align="right"|1,145,195,000
| align="right"|17.1%
|-
| 2
| {{flag|India}}
| align="right"|1,224,614,000
| align="right"|873,785,000
| align="right"|40.2%
|-
| 3
| {{flag|United States}}
| align="right"|310,384,000
| align="right"|253,339,000
| align="right"|22.5%
|-
| 4
| {{flag|Indonesia}}
| align="right"|239,871,000
| align="right"|184,346,000
| align="right"|30.1%
|-
| 5
| {{flag|Brazil}}
| align="right"|194,946,000
| align="right"|149,650,000
| align="right"|30.3%
|-
| 6
| {{flag|Pakistan}}
| align="right"|173,593,000
| align="right"|111,845,000
| align="right"|55.3%
|-
| 7
| {{flag|Nigeria}}
| align="right"|158,423,000
| align="right"|97,552,000
| align="right"|62.4%
|-
| 8
| {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| align="right"|148,692,000
| align="right"|105,256,000
| align="right"|41.3%
|-
| 9
| {{flag|Russia}}
| align="right"|142,958,000
| align="right"|148,244,000
| align="right"|-3.6%
|-
| 10
| {{flag|Japan}}
| align="right"|128,057,000
| align="right"|122,251,000
| align="right"|4.7%
|-
|}

===1960s to 2010 table of population growth===
{| class="wikitable" style="float: right; clear:right; margin-left: 10px"
! colspan="2" align=center style="background-color: #cfb;" | Population growth 1990–2008 (%)<ref name=IEAco-2011>[http://www.iea.org/co2highlights/co2Highlights.XLS CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion] Population 1971–2008 IEA</ref>
|-----
| align="left" | [[Africa]] || align="right"| 55%
|-----
| align="left" | [[Middle East]] || align="right"| 51%
|-----
| align="left" | [[Asia]] || align="right"| 35%
|-----
| align="left" | [[Latin America]] || align="right"| 30%
|-----
| align="left" | [[OECD]] [[North America]] || align="right"| 24%
|-----
| align="left" | OECD [[Europe]] || align="right"| 9%
|-----
| align="left" | OECD [[Pacific]] || align="right"| 8%
|-----
| align="left" | [[Former Soviet Union]] || align="right"| −1%
|-----
| align="left" | Non-OECD Europe || align="right"| −11%
|-
|}

Many of the world's countries, including many in [[Sub-Saharan Africa]], the [[Middle East]], [[South Asia]] and [[South East Asia]], have seen a sharp rise in population since the end of the [[Cold War]]. The fear is that high population numbers are putting further strain on natural resources, food supplies, fuel supplies, employment, housing, etc. in some the less fortunate countries. For example, the population of [[Chad]] has ultimately grown from 6,279,921 in 1993 to 10,329,208 in 2009,<ref name="cia"/> further straining its resources. [[Vietnam]], [[Mexico]], [[Nigeria]], [[Egypt]], [[Ethiopia]], and the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|DRC]] are witnessing a similar growth in population.

The situation was most acute in northern, western and central Africa. Refugees from places like the [[Sudan]] have helped further strain the resources of neighbouring states like Chad and Egypt. The nation is also host to roughly 255,000 [[refugee]]s from Sudan's [[Darfur]] region, and about 77,000 refugees from the [[Central African Republic]], while approximately 188,000 Chadians have been displaced by their own civil war and famines, have either fled to either the Sudan, the Niger, or more recently, [[Libya]].

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Example nation !! 1st Population total.!! 2nd Population total.!! 3rd Population total.!!4th Population total.!!5th Population total.!!Life expectancy in years. !!Total population growth from 1st Pop. Total to 5th Pop. Total.
|-
|[[Eritrea]]* || N/A* ||N/A*|| 3,437,000(1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/> ||4,298,269 (2002) || 5,673,520 (2008)<ref>
url=http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2008/wpp2008_text_tables.pdf</ref>||61 (2008)<ref name="ReferenceB">'Modern School Atlas (96th edition)', ISBN 978-1-84907-013-3.</ref>||2,236,520 (since independence)
|-
| [[Ethiopia]]* ||23,457,000(1967)*<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas">The British Oxford economic atlas of the World 4th edition, ISBN 0-19-894107-2</ref>||50,974,000(1990)* <ref name="ReferenceC">The British Collins Atlas of the World, the 1993 edition, ISBN 0-00-448038-4</ref> || 54,939,000(1994) <ref name="collins student atlas">The British ''Collins Longman Student Atlas'', the 1996 and in 1998 publications, ISBN 978-0-00-448879-0 for the 1998 edition, ISBN 0-00-448365-0 for the 1996 edition</ref> || 67,673,031(2003) ||79,221,000(2008)<ref name="csa.gov.et">[http://www.csa.gov.et/surveys/National%20statistics/national%20statistics%202007/Population.pdf Ethiopia Central Statistics Office -- Population Projection for mid-2008]</ref>|| 55(2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 55,764,000
|-
| [[Sudan]]**||14,355,000(1967)**<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/> ||25,204,000(1990)** <ref name="ReferenceC"/> || 27,361,000 (1994)**<ref name="collins student atlas"/> || 38,114,160 (2003)** || 42,272,000(2008)**<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2008/wpp2008_text_tables.pdf | title=World Population Prospects, Table A.1| version=2008 revision | format=PDF | publisher=United Nations | author=Department of Economic and Social Affairs}}</ref>||50(2008)**<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 27,917,000
|-
| [[Chad]] ||3,410,000(1967)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/> ||5,679,000(1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> || 6,183,000 (1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/> ||9,253,493(2003) ||10,329,208 (2009)<ref name="cia"/>||47(2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 6,919,205
|-
| [[Niger]]||3,546,000(1967)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>||7,732,000(1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> || 8,846,000(1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/> || 10,790,352 (2001) || 15,306,252 (2009)<ref>{{cite web |author=Central Intelligence Agency |authorlink=CIA |publisher=[[The World Factbook]]|title=Niger |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ng.html |year=2009|accessdate=January 10, 2010}}</ref>||44 (2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 11,760,252
|-
|[[Nigeria]]||61,450,000(1967)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>||88,500,000(1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> ||108,467,000 (1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/> ||129,934,911 (2002)||158,259,000 (2008)<ref name="Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division 2009">{{cite journal | url=http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2008/wpp2008_text_tables.pdf | title=World Population Prospects, Table A.1| version=2008 revision | format=PDF | publisher=United Nations | author=Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division | year=2009 | accessdate= 2009-03-12}}</ref>||47(2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 96,809,000
|-
|[[Mali]]||4,745,000(1967)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>||8,156,000(1990),<ref name="ReferenceC"/> ||10,462,000(1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/>||11,340,480(2002)||14,517,176(2010).<ref name=census>{{cite web|url=http://instat.gov.ml/voir_actu.aspx?lactu=44 |title=Mali preliminary 2009 census|publisher=Institut National de la Statistique|accessdate=January 12, 2010}}</ref>||50(2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 9,772,176
|-
| [[Mauritania]] ||1,050,000(1967)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/> ||2,025,000(1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> || 2,211,000 (1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/> ||2,667,859 (2003) ||3,291,000 (2009)<ref name="cia"/>||54(2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 2,241,000
|-
| [[Senegal]]||3,607,000(1967)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>||7,327,000(1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> ||8,102,000 (1994) <ref name="collins student atlas"/> ||9,967,215(2002)||13,711,597 (2009)<ref>{{cite web |author=Central Intelligence Agency |authorlink=CIA |publisher=[[The World Factbook]]|title=Senegal |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sg.html |year=2009|accessdate=January 10, 2010}}</ref>||57(2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 10,104,597
|-
|[[Gambia]]||343,000(1967)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>||861,000(1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> ||1,081,000 (1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/> ||1,367,124 (2000)||1,705,000(2008)<ref name="Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division 2009"/>||55(2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 1,362,000
|-
| [[Algeria]] || 11,833,126 (1966)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>|| 25,012,000 (1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> || 27,325,000 (1994) <ref name="collins student atlas"/> || 32,818,500 (2003) ||34,895,000<ref name="csa.gov.et"/><ref name=unpop>{{cite journal | url=http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2010/wpp2010_text_tables.pdf | title=World Population Prospects, Table A.1| version=2008 revision | format=PDF | publisher=United Nations | author=Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division | year=2010 | accessdate= 2009-03-12}}{{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>(2008)|| 74 (2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 23,061,874
|-
| [[The DRC]]/Zaire|| 16,353,000(1967)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>|| 35,562,000 (1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> || 42,552,000 (1994) <ref name="collins student atlas"/> || 55,225,478 (2003) || 70,916,439 (2008) <ref name="csa.gov.et"/><ref name="cia.govx">[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cg.html The World Factbook- Congo, Democratic Republic of the.] Central Intelligence Agency.</ref>|| 54(2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 54,563,439
|-
| [[Egypt]] || 30,083,419 (1966)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>|| 53,153,000 (1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> || 58,326,000 (1994) <ref name="collins student atlas"/> || 70,712,345 (2003) || 79,089,650 <ref name=popclock/><ref name=popclock>{{cite web|url=http://www.msrintranet.capmas.gov.eg/pls/fdl/tst12e?action=&lname= |title=Central Agency for Population Mobilisation and Statistics — Population Clock (July 2008) |publisher=Msrintranet.capmas.gov.eg |date= |accessdate=2010-08-25}}</ref> (2008) <ref name="csa.gov.et"/>|| 72 (2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 49,006,231
|-
| [[Réunion]] (French colony)||418,000 (1967)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>|| N/A (1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> ||N/A (1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/> || 720,934 (2003)|| 827,000 (2009) <ref name=unpop>{{cite journal | url=http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2008/wpp2008_text_tables.pdf | title=World Population Prospects, Table A.1| version=2008 revision | format=PDF | publisher=United Nations | author=Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Population Division | year=2009 | accessdate= 2009-03-12}}</ref>||N/A (2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 409,000
|-
| The [[Falkland Islands]] (UK Territory)||2,500(1967)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>|| N/A (1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> || N/A (1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/> || 2,967 (2003) || 3,140(2010)<ref name=cia>{{cite web
|url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fk.html
|title = Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
|publisher=The World Factbook
|publisher=CIA
|accessdate = 5 March 2010}}</ref>
|| N/A (2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 640
|-
| [[Chile]]||8,935,500(1967)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>||13,173,000 (1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> || 13,994,000(1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/> || 15,116,435 (2002) || 17,224,200 (2011) ||77 (2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 8,288,700
|-
| [[Colombia]]||19,191,000(1967)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>|| 32,987,000(1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> || 34,520,000(1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/> || 41,088,227 (2002) || 45,925,397(2010)<ref name="DANE clock">{{cite web|url=http://www.dane.gov.co/reloj/reloj_animado.php |title=Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística |publisher=Dane.gov.co |date= |accessdate=2010-08-22}}</ref> ||73 (2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 26,734,397
|-
| [[Brazil]]||85,655,000(1967)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>||150,368,000 (1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> ||153,725,000 (1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/> || 174,468,575 (2000) || 190,732,694(2010) <ref>IBGE. [http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/presidencia/noticias/noticia_visualiza.php?id_noticia=1766&id_pagina=1 Censo 2010: população do Brasil é de 190.732.694 pessoas].</ref>|| 72(2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 105,077,694
|-
| [[Mexico]]||45,671,000(1967)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>|| 86,154,000(1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> || 93,008,000(1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/> || 103,400,165 (2000)||112,322,757(2010)<ref name="INEGI 2010 Census Statistics">{{cite web|url=http://www.inegi.org.mx/inegi/contenidos/espanol/prensa/comunicados/rpcpyv10.asp |title=INEGI 2010 Census Statistics|publisher=inegi.org.mx |accessdate=2010-11-25}}</ref>||76(2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 66,651,757
|-
| [[Fiji]] ||476,727 (1966)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>|| 765,000(1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> ||771,000 (1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/> || 844,330 (2001) || 849,000<ref name="unpop"/> (2010)||70 (2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 372,273
|-
| [[Nauru]]||6,050(1966)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>||10,000(1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> ||N/A (1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/> ||12,329 (2002)||9,322 (2011)<ref name=CIA>{{cite web|author=Central Intelligence Agency |authorlink=Central Intelligence Agency |publisher=[[The World Factbook]]|title=Nauru |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/nr.html |year=2011|accessdate=12 February 2011}}</ref>||N/A (2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 3,272
|-
| [[Jamaican]] ||1,876,000 (1967)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>|| 2,420,000 (1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> || 2,429,000 (1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/> || 2,695,867 (2003)|| 2,847,232<ref>https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/jm.html</ref>(2010)||74 (2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 971,232
|-
| [[Australia]] ||11,540,764 (1964)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>|| 17,086,000 (1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> || 17,843,000 (1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/> || 19,546,792 (2003)||{{formatnum:{{#expr: 22579660 + (86400 / 97) * {{Age in days|2011|4|12}} round 0}}}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2/1647509ef7e25faaca2568a900154b63?OpenDocument|title=Population clock|work=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] website|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|accessdate=12 April 2011}} The population estimate shown is automatically calculated daily at 00:00 UTC and is based on data obtained from the population clock on the date shown in the citation.</ref> (2010)||82 (2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 11,066,508
|-
| [[Albania]] ||1,965,500(1964)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>|| 3,250,000 (1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> || 3,414,000 (1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/> || 3,510,484 (2002) ||2,986,952 (July 2010 est.)<ref name=cia/><ref>[http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=n4ff2muj8bh2a_&ctype=l&strail=false&nselm=h&met_y=POP&hl=en&dl=en#ctype=l&strail=false&nselm=h&met_y=POP&fdim_y=scenario:1&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=world&idim=country:AL&hl=en&dl=en Population Forecast to 2060 by International Futures hosted by Google Public Data Explorer]</ref> (2010)||78 (2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 1,021,452
|-
| [[Poland]]||31,944,000(1967)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>||38,180,000 (1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> ||38,554,000 (1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/> || 38,626,349 (2001)||38,192,000(2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,1347,title,Wzrasta-liczba-ludnosci-Polski,wid,12502858,wiadomosc.html |title=Wzrasta liczba ludności Polski - Wiadomości - WP.PL |publisher=Wiadomosci.wp.pl |date=2010-07-23 |accessdate=2010-07-27}}</ref> ||75 (2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 6,248,000
|-
| [[Hungary]]||10,212,000(1967)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>||10,553,000 (1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> ||10,261,000 (1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/> || 10,106,017 (2002)||9,979,000(2010)<ref name="KSH">[http://portal.ksh.hu/pls/ksh/docs/hun/xstadat/xstadat_evkozi/e_wdsd001a.html Hungarian Central Statistical Office]. Retrieved 25 July 2010.</ref>|| 73 (2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| -142,000
|-
| [[Bulgaria]]||8,226,564(1965)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>||8,980,000 (1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> ||8,443,000 (1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/> ||7,707,495(2000)||7,351,234 (2011)<ref>http://www.nsi.bg/EPDOCS/Census2011pr.pdf</ref> ||73 (2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| -875,330
|-
| [[UK]] || 55,068,000 (1966)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>|| 57,411,000 (1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> || 58,091,000 (1994) <ref name="collins student atlas"/> ||58,789,194 (2002)|| 62,008,048 (2010)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&language=en&pcode=tps00001&tableSelection=1&footnotes=yes&labeling=labels&plugin=1 |title=Total population at 1 January |publisher=Eurostat |date =11 March 2011 |accessdate =29 April 2011}}</ref>||79(2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 7,020,048
|-
| [[Ireland]]/Éire ||2,884,002(1966)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>|| 3,503,000(1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> || 3,571,000 (1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/> ||3,840,838 (2000)|| 4,470,700 <ref name="europa1">{{cite web|url=http://www.cso.ie/releasespublications/documents/population/current/popmig.pdf |title=CSO – Population and Migration Estimates April 2010 |format=PDF |date=September 2010 |accessdate=21 September 2010}}</ref> (2010)||78 (2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 1,586,698
|-
| The [[PRC]]/China||720,000,000(1967)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>|| 1,139,060,000(1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> ||1,208,841,000 (1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/> || 1,286,975,468 (2004)|| 1,339,724,852(2010)<ref name="Census2010">[http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/newsandcomingevents/t20110428_402722244.htm Communiqué of the National Bureau of Statistics of People's Republic of China on Major Figures of the 2010 Population Census]</ref>||73 (2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 619,724,852
|-
| [[Japan]]*** ||98,274,961(1965)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>||123,537,000(1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> ||124,961,000 (1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/> ||127,333,002 (2002)||127,420,000 (2010)<ref>[http://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/jinsui/tsuki/index.htm Official Japan Statistics Bureau estimate]</ref>||82(2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 28,123,865
|-
| [[Ryukyu Islands]] (Once occupied by the US)*** ||934,176(1965)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>||—||—||—||—||—||—
|-
| [[India]]#||511,115,000 (1967)<ref name="ReferenceOxford Atlas"/>||843,931,000 (1990) <ref name="ReferenceC"/> ||918,570,000 (1994)<ref name="collins student atlas"/> ||1,028,610,328 (2001) || 1,210,193,422(2011)<ref name="pop">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/indiaatglance.html|title=Provisional Population Totals - Census 2011|work=|publisher=Indian Census Bureau 2011|accessdate=2011-03-29}}</ref> ||69 (2008)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>|| 699,078,422
|-
|}

;Notes
:<nowiki>*</nowiki> [[Eritrea]] left [[Ethiopia]] in 1991.
:<nowiki>**</nowiki> Split into the nations of [[Sudan]] and [[Southern Sudan]] during 2011.
:<nowiki>***</nowiki> Merged in 1972.
:<nowiki>#</nowiki> Merged in 1975.

==Into the future==
{{main|Projections of population growth}}

According to UN's 2010 revision to its population projections, world population will peak at 10.1bn in 2100 compared to 7bn in 2011.<ref>http://esa.un.org/wpp/Documentation/publications.htm</ref> However, some experts dispute the UN's forecast and have argued that birthrates will fall below replacement rate in the 2020s. According to these forecasters, population growth will be only sustained till the 2040s by rising longevity but will peak below 9bn by 2050.<ref>http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/the-end-of-population-growth</ref>

==See also==
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*[[Baby boom]]
*[[Biological exponential growth]]
*[[Compound annual growth rate]]
*[[Demographic momentum]]
*[[Demographic transition]]
*[[Density dependence]]
*[[Doubling time]]
*[[Exponential growth]]
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*[[List of countries by population growth rate]]
*[[List of sovereign states and dependent territories by fertility rate]]
*[[Logistic function]] - concept related to logistic model
*[[Natalism]] and [[Antinatalism]]
*[[Population bottleneck]]
*[[Rank mobility index]]
*[[Ronald Fisher]] - who referred to the population growth rate as the ''Malthusian Parameter''
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==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.html World Population Prospects, the 2010 Revision], Website of the United Nations Population Division
*[http://esa.un.org/unpd/ppp/index.html Probabilistic Population Projections, 2nd Revision], Website of the United Nations Population Division
*[http://www.populationpress.org/publication/index.html 2008 Essays on Population Growth] Blue Planet United — Population Press
*[http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/worldpopinfo.php World population growth and trends 1950-2050] US Census
*[http://www.acunu.org/millennium/sof2006.html UN University annual "State of the Future" report, including updates on Millennium Project goals including balancing global population growth & resources]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6219922.stm BBC News - Birth rate 'harms poverty goals'] - 08/12/06
*[http://www.carbon-projects.co.uk/earth_clock.htm Visual representation of global population and other statistics]
*Tsirel, S. V. 2004. [http://www.mmsed.narod.ru/articles/artTsirel.ps On the Possible Reasons for the Hyperexponential Growth of the Earth Population]. ''Mathematical Modeling of Social and Economic Dynamics'' / Ed. by M. G. Dmitriev and A. P. Petrov, pp. 367–9. Moscow: Russian State Social University, 2004.
*{{cite web|url=http://www.gapminder.org/videos/what-stops-population-growth/|title=What stops population growth?|last=Rosling|first=Hans|date=25 January 2009|work=Gapminder|accessdate=2009-07-06}}

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