| Population, total | ||||
| Millions | 1970 | 1990 | 2010 | 2015 |
| World | 3685 | 5283 | 6924 | 7347 |
| Low income | 196 | 322 | 557 | 638 |
| Middle income | 2614 | 3927 | 5171 | 5478 |
| High income | 851 | 1002 | 1154 | 1187 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 1289 | 1821 | 2205 | 2279 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 738 | 843 | 889 | 908 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 247 | 391 | 531 | 562 |
| Middle East & North Africa | 139 | 255 | 385 | 424 |
| South Asia | 713 | 1133 | 1629 | 1744 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 292 | 509 | 874 | 1001 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 13 | 24 | 28 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 35 | 56 | 82 | 92 |
| India | 554 | 871 | 1231 | 1311 |
| China | 818 | 1135 | 1338 | 1371 |
| Brazil | 96 | 150 | 199 | 208 |
| Turkey | 35 | 54 | 72 | 79 |
| Russian Federation | 130 | 148 | 143 | 144 |
| Germany | 78 | 79 | 82 | 81 |
| United States | 205 | 250 | 309 | 321 |
| Projections | ||||
| Source: World Bank Data | ||||
| Links above will take you directly to relevant pages at www.worldbank.org | ||||
| The regions do not include high income countries | ||||
| /karsten duus 9/2016 | ||||