List of population milestones by country explained

Note: The sources and years from 1810 to 2100 come from this video:[1] When more than 20 countries reach a milestone, such as the 50 million milestone, the sources come from this video:[2]

This is a list of population milestones by country (and year first reached). Only existing countries are included, not former countries.

100 million milestone

  1. India: Unknown, most likely 664 A.D.
  2. China: Unknown, most likely 1175 A.D.
  3. United States: 1914
  4. : 1948
  5. Indonesia: 1965
  6. Japan: 1967
  7. Brazil: 1972
  8. Pakistan: 1988
  9. Bangladesh: 1988
  10. Nigeria: 1992
  11. Mexico: 1999
  12. Philippines: 2014[3]
  13. Ethiopia: 2016
  14. Egypt: 2019[4]
  15. : 2021
  16. : 2023
  17. : 2038 (est.);
  18. : 2041 (est.)
  19. Sudan: 2061 (est.)
  20. Uganda: 2062 (est.)
  21. Angola: 2066 (est.)
  22. Afghanistan: 2067 (est.)
  23. Kenya: 2075 (est.)
  24. Yemen: 2080 (est.)
  25. Mozambique: 2091 (est.)
  26. : 2095 (est.)
  27. Iraq: 2097 (est.)

110 million milestone

  1. India: Unknown, most likely 936 A.D.
  2. China: Unknown, most likely 1714
  3. United States: 1921
  4. : 1955
  5. Indonesia: 1969
  6. Japan: 1974
  7. Brazil: 1976
  8. Pakistan: 1991
  9. Bangladesh: 1992
  10. Nigeria: 1996
  11. Mexico: 2007
  12. Ethiopia: 2020
  13. Philippines: 2021
  14. Egypt: 2025 (est.)
  15. : 2027 (est.)
  16. : 2038 (est.)
  17. : 2041 (est.)
  18. Uganda: 2052 (est.)
  19. Kenya: 2061 (est.)
  20. Angola: 2066 (est.)
  21. Niger: 2067 (est.)
  22. Iraq: 2069 (est.)
  23. Sudan: 2072 (est.)
  24. Mozambique: 2086 (est.)

120 million milestone

  1. India: Unknown, most likely 993 A.D.
  2. China: Unknown, most likely 1720
  3. United States: 1926
  4. : 1961
  5. Indonesia: 1972
  6. Brazil: 1980
  7. Japan: 1983
  8. Pakistan: 1995
  9. Bangladesh: 1996
  10. Nigeria: 2000
  11. Mexico: 2012
  12. Ethiopia: 2021
  13. Philippines: 2027 (est.)
  14. : 2030 (est.)
  15. Egypt: 2031 (est.)
  16. : 2044 (est.)
  17. Uganda: 2057 (est.)
  18. Kenya: 2070 (est.)
  19. Angola: 2071 (est.)
  20. Niger: 2071 (est.)
  21. Iraq: 2075 (est.)
  22. Sudan: 2080 (est.)
  23. Mozambique: 2096 (est.)

130 million milestone

  1. India: Unknown, most likely 1480
  2. China: Unknown, most likely 1731
  3. United States: 1938
  4. : 1971
  5. Indonesia: 1976
  6. Brazil: 1985
  7. Pakistan: 1999
  8. Bangladesh: 2001
  9. Nigeria: 2004
  10. Mexico: 2021
  11. Ethiopia: 2027 (est.)
  12. : 2033 (est.)
  13. Philippines: 2034 (est.)
  14. Egypt: 2037 (est.)
  15. : 2048 (est.)
  16. Uganda: 2061 (est.)
  17. Niger: 2076 (est.)
  18. Angola: 2078 (est.)
  19. Kenya: 2080 (est.)
  20. Iraq: 2082 (est.)
  21. Sudan: 2091 (est.)

140 million milestone

  1. India: Unknown, most likely 1610
  2. China: Unknown, most likely 1738
  3. United States: 1943
  4. Indonesia: 1979
  5. : 1983
  6. Brazil: 1987
  7. Pakistan: 2001
  8. Bangladesh: 2004
  9. Nigeria: 2006
  10. Mexico: 2025 (est.)
  11. Ethiopia: 2031 (est.)
  12. : 2036 (est.)
  13. Philippines: 2041 (est.)
  14. Egypt: 2042 (est.)
  15. : 2051 (est.)
  16. Uganda: 2065 (est.)
  17. Niger: 2080 (est.)
  18. Angola: 2083 (est.)
  19. Iraq: 2089 (est.)
  20. Kenya: 2096 (est.)

150 million milestone

  1. India: Unknown, most likely 1647
  2. China: Unknown, most likely 1742
  3. United States: 1948
  4. Indonesia: 1981
  5. Brazil: 1991
  6. : 1992
  7. Pakistan: 2004
  8. Nigeria: 2008
  9. Bangladesh: 2009
  10. Ethiopia: 2032 (est.)
  11. Mexico: 2033 (est.)
  12. : 2039 (est.)
  13. Egypt: 2048 (est.)
  14. Philippines: 2049 (est.)
  15. : 2054 (est.)
  16. Uganda: 2069 (est.)
  17. Niger: 2081 (est.)
  18. Angola: 2084 (est.)
  19. Iraq: 2096 (est.)

200 million milestone

  1. China: Unknown, most likely 1761
  2. India: 1855
  3. United States: 1967
  4. Indonesia: 1997
  5. Brazil: 2012
  6. Pakistan: 2018[5]
  7. Nigeria: 2019[6]
  8. Bangladesh: 2038 (est.)
  9. Ethiopia: 2043 (est.)
  10. : 2046 (est.)
  11. : 2069 (est.)
  12. Egypt: 2091 (est.)

250 million milestone

  1. China: 1775
  2. India: 1907
  3. United States: 1989
  4. Indonesia: 2013[7]
  5. Pakistan: 2025 (est.)
  6. Nigeria: 2028 (est.)
  7. : 2063 (est.)
  8. Ethiopia: 2068 (est.)
  9. : 2084 (est.)
  10. Niger: 2109 (est.)

300 million milestone

  1. China: 1795
  2. India: 1934
  3. United States: 2006[8]
  4. Indonesia: 2032 (est.) [9]
  5. Pakistan: 2035 (est.)
  6. Nigeria: 2036 (est.)
  7. : 2067 (est.)
  8. Ethiopia: 2072 (est.)
  9. : 2099 (est.)

350 million milestone

  1. China: 1810[10]
  2. India: 1947[11]
  3. United States: 2028 (est.)
  4. Nigeria: 2043 (est.)
  5. Pakistan: 2054 (est.)
  6. : 2090 (est.)
  7. : 2117 (est.)

400 million milestone

  1. China: 1900
  2. India: 1954
  3. Nigeria: 2049 (est.)
  4. Pakistan: 2056 (est.)
  5. United States: 2058 (est.)
  6. : 2091 (est.)

450 million milestone

  1. China: 1916
  2. India: 1961
  3. Nigeria: 2055 (est.)
  4. United States: 2104 (est.)
  5. : 2132 (est.)

500 million milestone and over

Milestone
500 million193319662065 (est.)2091 (est.)
600 million195419742074 (est.)
700 million196419812086 (est.)
750 million196719842094 (est.)
800 million196919872101 (est.)
900 million197419922114 (est.)
1 billion198119972129 (est.)
1.1 billion19882002-
1.2 billion19952008-
1.3 billion20032014-
1.4 billion20172022-
1.5 billion-2030 (est.)-
1.6 billion-2041 (est.)-
2 billion-2082? (est.)-

References

Pre-2003 source

  1. Populstat historic tables used as source for current nations with dates before 2003, e.g. CHINA: population growth of the whole country, for each nation listed.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Top 20 Country Population History & Projection (1810-2100). . 8 May 2019 .
  2. Web site: TOP 105 Countries Population Ranking History & Projection (1950~2100) [based 2019] v2.0]. . 23 August 2019 .
  3. Web site: Philippine population officially hits 100 million. Rappler. 27 July 2014 .
  4. Web site: Egypt population reaches 100 million people: statistics agency. Reuters.
  5. Web site: Pakistan Tops 200 Million People. Global Health NOW.
  6. Web site: Nigeria: 200 Million And Still Growing! – Independent Newspapers Nigeria. 24 January 2019 .
  7. Web site: BKKBN: Tahun Ini Penduduk Indonesia Capai 250 Juta Jiwa. liputan6.com. 25 February 2013 .
  8. Web site: U.S. population now 300 million and growing - CNN.com. www.cnn.com.
  9. Web site: Indonesia Population (2024) - Worldometer .
  10. Web site: CHINA: population growth of the whole country . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091215015915/http://www.populstat.info/Asia/chinac.htm . 2009-12-15 . 2018-11-13 . www.populstat.info.
  11. Web site: INDIA: population growth of the whole country. www.populstat.info. 2018-11-13.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "List of population milestones by country".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2025, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.