SOME CHARACTERISTICS

OF POPULATION
Some Characteristics of Population
Age Structure
Sex Composition
Dependency Ratio
Population Density
WORLD POPULATION GROWTH
 THE WORLD AT SIX BILLION
HIGHLIGHTS
World population is estimated to cross the six billion thresholds on
October 12 , 1999.
World population is projected to cross the 7 billion mark in 2013;
the 8 billion mark in 2028 ;the 9 billion mark in 2054. World
population nearly stabilizes at just above 10 billion after 2200.
It has taken just 12 years for the world to add this most recent
billion people. This is the shortest period of time in world history
for a billion people to be added.
World population did not reach one billion until 1804. It took 123
years to reach 2 billion in 1927 , 33 years to reach 3 billion in 1960 ,
14 years to reach 4 billion in 1974 and 13 years to reach 5 billion in
1987.
The highest rate of world population growth 92.04 per cent)
occurred in the late 1960s the current rate (1995-2000) is 1.31 per
cent.
 The largest annual increase to world
population (86million) took place in the late
1980s the current annual increase is 78
million.
Of the 78 million people currently added to
the world each year , 95 per cent live in the
less developed regions.
WORLD POPULATION YEAR 0 to NEAR
STABILIZATION
YEAR POPULATION ( in billions)
0 0.30
1000 0.31
1250 0.40
1500 0.50
1750 0.79
1800 0.98
1850 1.26
1900 1.65
1910 1.75
1920 1.86
1930 2.07
1940 2.30
 YEAR POPULATION (in billions)
1950 2.52
1960 3.02
1970 3.70
1980 4.44
1990 5.27
1999 5.98
2000 6.06
2010 6.79
2020 7.50
2030 8.11
2040 8.58
2050 8.91
2100 9.46
2150 9.75
Near Stabilization ( after 2200) Just above 10 billion
 TOP 10 Contributors to World Population
Growth (1995-2000)
Country Net Addition (thousands) Percentage Contribution to
World Population
India 15999 20.6
China 11408 14.7
Pakistan 4048 5.2
Indonesia 2929 3.8
Nigeria 2511 3.2
United States of America 2267 2.9

Brazil 2154 2.8

Bangladesh 2108 2.7

Mexico 1547 2.0
Philippines 1522 2.0
TOP 10 Countries or Areas with Fastest
Rates of Natural Increase
Gaza Strip 4.25
Yemen 3.73
Somalia 3.38
Nigeria 3.18
Dem. Rep. of Congo 3.15

Solomon Islands 3.14

Oman 3.12
Mali 3.10
Afghanistan 3.07
Nicaragua 3.03
 TOP 10 Countries or Areas with
Slowest Rates of Natural Increase
Latvia -0.52
Bulgaria -0.47
Estonia -0.47

Ukraine -0.43

Russian Federation -0.42

Hungary -0.38
Belarus -0.34
Romania -0.23
Czech Republic -0.22

Lithuania -0.16