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
- India: Unknown, most likely 664 A.D.
- China: Unknown, most likely 1175 A.D.
- United States: 1914
- : 1948
- Indonesia: 1965
- Japan: 1967
- Brazil: 1972
- Pakistan: 1988
- Bangladesh: 1988
- Nigeria: 1992
- Mexico: 1999
- Philippines: 2014[3]
- Ethiopia: 2016
- Egypt: 2019[4]
- : 2021
- : 2023
- : 2038 (est.);
- : 2041 (est.)
- Sudan: 2061 (est.)
- Uganda: 2062 (est.)
- Angola: 2066 (est.)
- Afghanistan: 2067 (est.)
- Kenya: 2075 (est.)
- Yemen: 2080 (est.)
- Mozambique: 2091 (est.)
- : 2095 (est.)
- Iraq: 2097 (est.)
110 million milestone
- India: Unknown, most likely 936 A.D.
- China: Unknown, most likely 1714
- United States: 1921
- : 1955
- Indonesia: 1969
- Japan: 1974
- Brazil: 1976
- Pakistan: 1991
- Bangladesh: 1992
- Nigeria: 1996
- Mexico: 2007
- Ethiopia: 2020
- Philippines: 2021
- Egypt: 2025 (est.)
- : 2027 (est.)
- : 2038 (est.)
- : 2041 (est.)
- Uganda: 2052 (est.)
- Kenya: 2061 (est.)
- Angola: 2066 (est.)
- Niger: 2067 (est.)
- Iraq: 2069 (est.)
- Sudan: 2072 (est.)
- Mozambique: 2086 (est.)
120 million milestone
- India: Unknown, most likely 993 A.D.
- China: Unknown, most likely 1720
- United States: 1926
- : 1961
- Indonesia: 1972
- Brazil: 1980
- Japan: 1983
- Pakistan: 1995
- Bangladesh: 1996
- Nigeria: 2000
- Mexico: 2012
- Ethiopia: 2021
- Philippines: 2027 (est.)
- : 2030 (est.)
- Egypt: 2031 (est.)
- : 2044 (est.)
- Uganda: 2057 (est.)
- Kenya: 2070 (est.)
- Angola: 2071 (est.)
- Niger: 2071 (est.)
- Iraq: 2075 (est.)
- Sudan: 2080 (est.)
- Mozambique: 2096 (est.)
130 million milestone
- India: Unknown, most likely 1480
- China: Unknown, most likely 1731
- United States: 1938
- : 1971
- Indonesia: 1976
- Brazil: 1985
- Pakistan: 1999
- Bangladesh: 2001
- Nigeria: 2004
- Mexico: 2021
- Ethiopia: 2027 (est.)
- : 2033 (est.)
- Philippines: 2034 (est.)
- Egypt: 2037 (est.)
- : 2048 (est.)
- Uganda: 2061 (est.)
- Niger: 2076 (est.)
- Angola: 2078 (est.)
- Kenya: 2080 (est.)
- Iraq: 2082 (est.)
- Sudan: 2091 (est.)
140 million milestone
- India: Unknown, most likely 1610
- China: Unknown, most likely 1738
- United States: 1943
- Indonesia: 1979
- : 1983
- Brazil: 1987
- Pakistan: 2001
- Bangladesh: 2004
- Nigeria: 2006
- Mexico: 2025 (est.)
- Ethiopia: 2031 (est.)
- : 2036 (est.)
- Philippines: 2041 (est.)
- Egypt: 2042 (est.)
- : 2051 (est.)
- Uganda: 2065 (est.)
- Niger: 2080 (est.)
- Angola: 2083 (est.)
- Iraq: 2089 (est.)
- Kenya: 2096 (est.)
150 million milestone
- India: Unknown, most likely 1647
- China: Unknown, most likely 1742
- United States: 1948
- Indonesia: 1981
- Brazil: 1991
- : 1992
- Pakistan: 2004
- Nigeria: 2008
- Bangladesh: 2009
- Ethiopia: 2032 (est.)
- Mexico: 2033 (est.)
- : 2039 (est.)
- Egypt: 2048 (est.)
- Philippines: 2049 (est.)
- : 2054 (est.)
- Uganda: 2069 (est.)
- Niger: 2081 (est.)
- Angola: 2084 (est.)
- Iraq: 2096 (est.)
200 million milestone
- China: Unknown, most likely 1761
- India: 1855
- United States: 1967
- Indonesia: 1997
- Brazil: 2012
- Pakistan: 2018[5]
- Nigeria: 2019[6]
- Bangladesh: 2038 (est.)
- Ethiopia: 2043 (est.)
- : 2046 (est.)
- : 2069 (est.)
- Egypt: 2091 (est.)
250 million milestone
- China: 1775
- India: 1907
- United States: 1989
- Indonesia: 2013[7]
- Pakistan: 2025 (est.)
- Nigeria: 2028 (est.)
- : 2063 (est.)
- Ethiopia: 2068 (est.)
- : 2084 (est.)
- Niger: 2109 (est.)
300 million milestone
- China: 1795
- India: 1934
- United States: 2006[8]
- Indonesia: 2032 (est.) [9]
- Pakistan: 2035 (est.)
- Nigeria: 2036 (est.)
- : 2067 (est.)
- Ethiopia: 2072 (est.)
- : 2099 (est.)
350 million milestone
- China: 1810[10]
- India: 1947[11]
- United States: 2028 (est.)
- Nigeria: 2043 (est.)
- Pakistan: 2054 (est.)
- : 2090 (est.)
- : 2117 (est.)
400 million milestone
- China: 1900
- India: 1954
- Nigeria: 2049 (est.)
- Pakistan: 2056 (est.)
- United States: 2058 (est.)
- : 2091 (est.)
450 million milestone
- China: 1916
- India: 1961
- Nigeria: 2055 (est.)
- United States: 2104 (est.)
- : 2132 (est.)
500 million milestone and over
Milestone | | | | |
---|
500 million | 1933 | 1966 | 2065 (est.) | 2091 (est.) |
600 million | 1954 | 1974 | 2074 (est.) |
700 million | 1964 | 1981 | 2086 (est.) |
750 million | 1967 | 1984 | 2094 (est.) |
800 million | 1969 | 1987 | 2101 (est.) |
900 million | 1974 | 1992 | 2114 (est.) |
1 billion | 1981 | 1997 | 2129 (est.) |
1.1 billion | 1988 | 2002 | - |
1.2 billion | 1995 | 2008 | - |
1.3 billion | 2003 | 2014 | - |
1.4 billion | 2017 | 2022 | - |
1.5 billion | - | 2030 (est.) | - |
1.6 billion | - | 2041 (est.) | - |
2 billion | - | 2082? (est.) | - | |
References
Pre-2003 source
- 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
- Web site: Top 20 Country Population History & Projection (1810-2100).
- Web site: TOP 105 Countries Population Ranking History & Projection (1950~2100) [based 2019] v2.0].
- Web site: Philippine population officially hits 100 million. Rappler.
- Web site: Egypt population reaches 100 million people: statistics agency. Reuters.
- Web site: Pakistan Tops 200 Million People. Global Health NOW.
- Web site: Nigeria: 200 Million And Still Growing! – Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
- Web site: BKKBN: Tahun Ini Penduduk Indonesia Capai 250 Juta Jiwa. liputan6.com.
- Web site: U.S. population now 300 million and growing - CNN.com. www.cnn.com.
- https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/indonesia-population/
- 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.
- Web site: INDIA: population growth of the whole country. www.populstat.info. 2018-11-13.