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This is the Number of People on Earth in 2100

Published: by Liam Frady

What will the number of people on Earth in 2100 be? We can’t rightly know this question until the time comes, but organizations like the United Nations are hard at work doing the math to predict it. Using prediction, the UN has what it thanks may be accurate information going up to the year 2100 on how many people the earth will have.

2024

The UN’s predictions didn’t account for the number of people on Earth in 2024, but they got close.

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  • Lower 95%:  8,102,840
  • Lower 80%:  8,108,857
  • Median:  8,118,836
  • Upper 80%:  8,129,063
  • Upper 95%:  8,133,966

2028

As you can see, population changes aren’t going to be swift.

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  • Lower 95%:  8,357,612
  • Lower 80%:  8,375,341
  • Median:  8,406,829
  • Upper 80%:  8,437,525
  • Upper 95%:  8,452,122

2032

In fact, most population changes are going to be far more gradual, taking decades to see.

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  • Lower 95%:  8,592,387
  • Lower 80%:  8,624,393
  • Median:  8,682,092
  • Upper 80%:  8,738,161
  • Upper 95%:  8,767,181

2036

The UN is expecting the total population to exceed 9 billion by 2036.

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  • Lower 95%:  8,807,620
  • Lower 80%:  8,855,670
  • Median:  8,943,207
  • Upper 80%:  9,028,792
  • Upper 95%:  9,073,363

2040

It is a more conservative prediction that the population may exceed 9 billion by 2040.

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  • Lower 95%:  9,003,919
  • Lower 80%:  9,069,016
  • Median:  9,188,250
  • Upper 80%:  9,305,037
  • Upper 95%:  9,367,566

2044

Gradual increases in population are expected to ramp up as the 2040s roll on.

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  • Lower 95%:  9,174,025
  • Lower 80%:  9,262,393
  • Median:  9,414,408
  • Upper 80%:  9,566,346
  • Upper 95%:  9,645,004

2048

The close of the 2040s could see nearly 10 billion people on the planet.

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  • Lower 95%:  9,321,321
  • Lower 80%:  9,428,242
  • Median:  9,617,774
  • Upper 80%:  9,811,236
  • Upper 95%:  9,905,605

2052

It is a given that there will be 10 billion people on Earth by the end of the 2050s.

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  • Lower 95%:  9,435,297
  • Lower 80%:  9,557,307
  • Median:  9,794,102
  • Upper 80%:  10,032,138
  • Upper 95%:  10,150,771

2056

The close of the decade sees continued population growth.
  • Lower 95%:  9,519,089
  • Lower 80%:  9,661,954
  • Median:  9,943,123
  • Upper 80%:  10,227,777
  • Upper 95%:  10,377,821

2060

If the world’s population hasn’t hit 10 billion by the 2050s, it absolutely will by the 2060s.

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  • Lower 95%:  9,567,872
  • Lower 80%:  9,739,282
  • Median:  10,067,734
  • Upper 80%:  10,408,858
  • Upper 95%:  10,586,973

2064

Population growth is gradual in the 2060s it would seem.

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  • Lower 95%:  9,588,189
  • Lower 80%:  9,795,096
  • Median:  10,172,514
  • Upper 80%:  10,589,240
  • Upper 95%:  10,789,493

2068

While previous decades saw somewhat explosive growth, the 2060s continue a gradual incline when considering the number of people on Earth.

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  • Lower 95%:  9,587,696
  • Lower 80%:  9,820,898
  • Median:  10,259,873
  • Upper 80%:  10,747,336
  • Upper 95%:  10,992,120

2072

We’re approaching a zenith of sorts when looking at overall population growth.

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  • Lower 95%:  9,560,580
  • Lower 80%:  9,826,719
  • Median:  10,330,060
  • Upper 80%:  10,891,517
  • Upper 95%:  11,198,256

2076

Midway through the 2070s could see over 11 billion people on Earth.

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  • Lower 95%:  9,508,653
  • Lower 80%:  9,810,224
  • Median:  10,382,180
  • Upper 80%:  11,023,515
  • Upper 95%:  11,373,463

2080

We’re seeing the top of the population boom around 2080, the figures given after see a decline of sorts on the lower end of the prediction model.

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  • Lower 95%:  9,437,259
  • Lower 80%:  9,776,172
  • Median:  10,414,637
  • Upper 80%:  11,144,944
  • Upper 95%:  11,576,153

2084

The 2080s do see some gradual growth, but not as explosive previous decades.

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  • Lower 95%:  9,353,930
  • Lower 80%:  9,730,485
  • Median:  10,429,447
  • Upper 80%:  11,262,038
  • Upper 95%:  11,752,083

2088

The close of the 2080s could see nearly 12 billion people on Earth.

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  • Lower 95%:  9,245,307
  • Lower 80%:  9,643,498
  • Median:  10,428,831
  • Upper 80%:  11,361,556
  • Upper 95%: 11,913,151

2092

It seems that more conservative estimates top out around 9 billion in the 2090s.

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  • Lower 95%:  9,126,000
  • Lower 80%:  9,560,074
  • Median:  10,414,960
  • Upper 80%:  11,464,426
  • Upper 95%: 12,094,189

2096

As the century draws to a close, the population growth seems to slow.

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  • Lower 95%:  8,988,140
  • Lower 80%:  9,444,300
  • Median:  10,388,517
  • Upper 80%:  11,568,813
  • Upper 95%: 12,265,009

2100

Interestingly, 2100 could see a steep population decline or over 12 billion people on the high end.

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  • Lower 95%:  8,835,125
  • Lower 80%:  9,316,669
  • Median:  10,349,323
  • Upper 80%:  11,652,743
  • Upper 95%:  12,412,123

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