Source: https://aidb.si/d/world-population — World Bank, World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) and Population growth (SP.POP.GROW), World aggregate (WLD). CC BY 4.0.
| Year | World population (people) | Annual growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 3021512598 | |
| 1961 | 3062768116 | 1.35615538573255 |
| 1962 | 3117372187 | 1.76712790546867 |
| 1963 | 3184063049 | 2.11676704326362 |
| 1964 | 3251249170 | 2.08812128865723 |
| 1965 | 3318979339 | 2.0618025156407 |
| 1966 | 3389042165 | 2.08900266200685 |
| 1967 | 3458932230 | 2.04126031246234 |
| 1968 | 3530576858 | 2.05013360629479 |
| 1969 | 3604694154 | 2.07756542898012 |
| 1970 | 3680493750 | 2.08099866282305 |
| 1971 | 3758515396 | 2.0977123565674 |
| 1972 | 3834345191 | 1.99746367965753 |
| 1973 | 3910964219 | 1.97852721818896 |
| 1974 | 3987186772 | 1.93019656285858 |
| 1975 | 4061959945 | 1.85796896545497 |
| 1976 | 4135644231 | 1.79775136528784 |
| 1977 | 4208840894 | 1.75441718394494 |
| 1978 | 4283309396 | 1.75386464790693 |
| 1979 | 4359930896 | 1.773027351904 |
| 1980 | 4437473406 | 1.76289540754382 |
| 1981 | 4516792587 | 1.77169755400859 |
| 1982 | 4599385851 | 1.81206466199576 |
| 1983 | 4682734714 | 1.79594959378229 |
| 1984 | 4765813206 | 1.75859050071347 |
| 1985 | 4850494238 | 1.76124196252318 |
| 1986 | 4937459951 | 1.77704145047466 |
| 1987 | 5026770385 | 1.79266883150487 |
| 1988 | 5116898810 | 1.77708470489612 |
| 1989 | 5207378374 | 1.75279835828065 |
| 1990 | 5298962018 | 1.74344177661458 |
| 1991 | 5388203305 | 1.6701035043834 |
| 1992 | 5476822930 | 1.63131847751399 |
| 1993 | 5564459142 | 1.58746152495942 |
| 1994 | 5650534421 | 1.53503376868162 |
| 1995 | 5736205135 | 1.50477369116695 |
| 1996 | 5822327903 | 1.49022997201836 |
| 1997 | 5908180322 | 1.46377207642245 |
| 1998 | 5993730786 | 1.43761681030025 |
| 1999 | 6078069822 | 1.39731281171357 |
| 2000 | 6161528496 | 1.36376971441584 |
| 2001 | 6244739668 | 1.3414577006269 |
| 2002 | 6327171255 | 1.31138008894613 |
| 2003 | 6409352386 | 1.29049768743249 |
| 2004 | 6492354627 | 1.28670393882477 |
| 2005 | 6575410029 | 1.27116645530107 |
| 2006 | 6659536021 | 1.27128776644512 |
| 2007 | 6744049498 | 1.26107446247544 |
| 2008 | 6830080867 | 1.26759532496131 |
| 2009 | 6916168196 | 1.2525373880054 |
| 2010 | 7000860073 | 1.21711217157617 |
| 2011 | 7086704141 | 1.21873631582151 |
| 2012 | 7176482165 | 1.25889415941219 |
| 2013 | 7265404737 | 1.23146921689332 |
| 2014 | 7353532223 | 1.20567663431885 |
| 2015 | 7441084771 | 1.18358684270058 |
| 2016 | 7528221579 | 1.16421950591116 |
| 2017 | 7613788655 | 1.13020643248041 |
| 2018 | 7696159728 | 1.07605676712646 |
| 2019 | 7777162476 | 1.04700835294043 |
| 2020 | 7853863139 | 0.981397900581612 |
| 2021 | 7919567995 | 0.833112789177893 |
| 2022 | 7988550201 | 0.867263337143777 |
| 2023 | 8062923417 | 0.926690595591761 |
| 2024 | 8140897523 | 0.962423716684401 |
| 2025 | 8215424893 | 0.911303701154864 |