Tables of Population Growth

Last Up date: 2010 June 12
Recent changes: Updated current population from Census Bureau
They have much more data. I only extracted a small portion.
Page started: 2005 September 14

1860 United States Population

from: http://www.civilwarhome.com/population1860.htm
Total Free Population 27,489,561
Total Slave Population 3,953,760
Grand Total 31,443,321

World population, in millions for decades from 1800 to 1950:

From: http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/worldhis.html They have much more data. I only extracted a small portion. 
1600 545
1700 600 
1800 813
1850 1,128
1900 1,550
1910 1,750
1920 1,860
1930 2,070
1940 2,300
1950 2,400

Population Clocks
U.S. 309,485,599
World 6,826,837,217
15:40 UTC (EST+5) Jun 12, 2010

The effect of technology can be seen by noting: From 1600 to 1700 the increase was only about 10%, from 1700 to 1800 it was about 35%, and from 1800 to 1900 it was nearly 91% and from 1900 to 2000 itn increased by over 292% Look at data from table linked to bellow for 1950 to 2010, and projecions for 2010 to 2050.

Total Midyear Population for the World: 1950-2050

Is at: http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/worldpop.php (The next paragraph is based on that data.)

The rate of growth peaked in 1961 and 1962 but the actual growth in numbers peaked in 1989. To the present we have never seen the population decline. I predict: as we run out of petroleum we will see a decline in world population well before 2050. Probably caused by: starvation, war, and freezing or over heating. It will happen. The planet cannot support these numbers without petroleum. Get the book: "The Long Emergency". Technology, based on the release of stored energy got us into this problem. Don't expect it to get us out of it!.

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