Note: The sources and years from 1810 to 2100 come from this video:[1] When more than 20 countries reach a milestone, such as the 50 million milestone, the sources come from this video:[2] [The author can't find the sources for the population predictions/milestones, such as the UN or the USCB. These sources like YouTube are extremely unreliable sources. Whoever made those YouTube videos most likely has the UN/USCB sources.]
This is a list of population milestones by country (and year first reached). Only existing countries are included, not former countries.
20 million milestone
[edit]25 million milestone
[edit]30 million milestone
[edit]35 million milestone
[edit]40 million milestone
[edit]45 million milestone
[edit]50 million milestone
[edit]60 million milestone
[edit]70 million milestone
[edit]80 million milestone
[edit]90 million milestone
[edit]100 million milestone
[edit]- India: Unknown, most likely 664 A.D.[3]
- China: Unknown, most likely 1175 A.D.[3]
- United States: 1914
- Russia: 1948
- Indonesia: 1965
- Japan: 1967
- Brazil: 1972
- Pakistan: 1988
- Bangladesh: 1988
- Nigeria: 1992
- Mexico: 1999
- Philippines: 2014[5]
- Ethiopia: 2016
- Egypt: 2019[6]
- Vietnam: 2023 (est.)
- DR Congo: 2024 (est.)
- Tanzania: 2037 (est.);
- Iran: 2047 (est.)
- Uganda: 2048 (est.)
- Kenya: 2054 (est.)
- Niger: 2063 (est.)
- Angola: 2064 (est.)
- Iraq: 2064 (est.)
- Sudan: 2064 (est.)
- Mozambique: 2077 (est.)
- Madagascar: 2092 (est.)
110 million milestone
[edit]- India: Unknown, most likely 936 A.D.[3]
- China: Unknown, most likely 1714[3]
- United States: 1921
- Russia: 1955
- Indonesia: 1969
- Japan: 1974
- Brazil: 1976
- Pakistan: 1991
- Bangladesh: 1992
- Nigeria: 1996
- Mexico: 2007
- Ethiopia: 2020
- Philippines: 2021
- Egypt: 2025 (est.)
- DR Congo: 2027 (est.)
- Vietnam: 2038 (est.)
- Tanzania: 2041 (est.)
- Uganda: 2052 (est.)
- Kenya: 2061 (est.)
- Angola: 2066 (est.)
- Niger: 2067 (est.)
- Iraq: 2069 (est.)
- Sudan: 2072 (est.)
- Mozambique: 2086 (est.)
120 million milestone
[edit]- India: Unknown, most likely 993 A.D.[3]
- China: Unknown, most likely 1720[3]
- United States: 1926
- Russia: 1961
- Indonesia: 1972
- Brazil: 1980
- Japan: 1983
- Pakistan: 1995
- Bangladesh: 1996
- Nigeria: 2000
- Mexico: 2012
- Ethiopia: 2021
- Philippines: 2027 (est.)
- DR Congo: 2030 (est.)
- Egypt: 2031 (est.)
- Tanzania: 2044 (est.)
- Uganda: 2057 (est.)
- Kenya: 2070 (est.)
- Angola: 2071 (est.)
- Niger: 2071 (est.)
- Iraq: 2075 (est.)
- Sudan: 2080 (est.)
- Mozambique: 2096 (est.)
130 million milestone
[edit]- India: Unknown, most likely 1480[3]
- China: Unknown, most likely 1731[3]
- United States: 1938
- Russia: 1971
- Indonesia: 1976
- Brazil: 1985
- Pakistan: 1999
- Bangladesh: 2001
- Nigeria: 2004
- Mexico: 2021
- Ethiopia: 2027 (est.)
- DR Congo: 2033 (est.)
- Philippines: 2034 (est.)
- Egypt: 2037 (est.)
- Tanzania: 2048 (est.)
- Uganda: 2061 (est.)
- Niger: 2076 (est.)
- Angola: 2078 (est.)
- Kenya: 2080 (est.)
- Iraq: 2082 (est.)
- Sudan: 2091 (est.)
140 million milestone
[edit]- India: Unknown, most likely 1610 [3]
- China: Unknown, most likely 1738[3]
- United States: 1943
- Indonesia: 1979
- Russia: 1983
- Brazil: 1987
- Pakistan: 2001
- Bangladesh: 2004
- Nigeria: 2006
- Mexico: 2025 (est.)
- Ethiopia: 2031 (est.)
- DR Congo: 2036 (est.)
- Philippines: 2041 (est.)
- Egypt: 2042 (est.)
- Tanzania: 2051 (est.)
- Uganda: 2065 (est.)
- Niger: 2080 (est.)
- Angola: 2083 (est.)
- Iraq: 2089 (est.)
- Kenya: 2096 (est.)
150 million milestone
[edit]- India: Unknown, most likely 1647[3]
- China: Unknown, most likely 1742[3]
- United States: 1948
- Indonesia: 1981
- Brazil: 1991
- Russia: 1992
- Pakistan: 2004
- Nigeria: 2008
- Bangladesh: 2009
- Ethiopia: 2032 (est.)
- Mexico: 2033 (est.)
- DR Congo: 2039 (est.)
- Egypt: 2048 (est.)
- Philippines: 2049 (est.)
- Tanzania: 2054 (est.)
- Uganda: 2069 (est.)
- Niger: 2081 (est.)
- Angola: 2084 (est.)
- Iraq: 2096 (est.)
200 million milestone
[edit]- China: Unknown, most likely 1761[3]
- India: 1855
- United States: 1967
- Indonesia: 1997
- Brazil: 2012
- Pakistan: 2018[7]
- Nigeria: 2019[8]
- Bangladesh: 2046 (est.)
- Ethiopia: 2049 (est.)
- DR Congo: 2051 (est.)
- Tanzania: 2069 (est.)
- Niger: 2092 (est.)
- Uganda: 2092 (est.)
- Egypt: 2101 (est.)
- Angola: 2109 (est.)
250 million milestone
[edit]- China: 1775[3]
- India: 1907
- United States: 1989
- Indonesia: 2013[9]
- Pakistan: 2025 (est.)
- Nigeria: 2028 (est.)
- DR Congo: 2063 (est.)
- Ethiopia: 2068 (est.)
- Tanzania: 2084 (est.)
- Niger: 2109 (est.)
300 million milestone
[edit]- China: 1795[3]
- India: 1934
- United States: 2006[10]
- Indonesia: 2035 (est.) [11]
- Nigeria: 2036 (est.)
- Pakistan: 2040 (est.)
- DR Congo: 2076 (est.)
- Tanzania: 2099 (est.)
350 million milestone
[edit]- China: 1810[12]
- India: 1947[13]
- United States: 2028 (est.)
- Nigeria: 2043 (est.)
- Pakistan: 2054 (est.)
- DR Congo: 2090 (est.)
- Tanzania: 2117 (est.)
400 million milestone
[edit]- China: 1900[12]
- India: 1954[13]
- Nigeria: 2049 (est.)
- United States: 2058 (est.)
- Pakistan: 2082 (est.)
- DR Congo: 2107 (est.)
450 million milestone
[edit]- China: 1916[12]
- India: 1961[13]
- Nigeria: 2055 (est.)
- United States: 2104 (est.)
- DR Congo: 2132 (est.)
500 million milestone and over
[edit]
Milestone
|
China[12]
|
India[13]
|
Nigeria
|
500 million
|
1933
|
1966
|
2065 (est.)
|
600 million
|
1954
|
1974
|
2074 (est.)
|
700 million
|
1964
|
1981
|
2086 (est.)
|
750 million
|
1967
|
1984
|
2094 (est.)
|
800 million
|
1969
|
1987
|
2101 (est.)
|
900 million
|
1974
|
1992
|
2114 (est.)
|
1 billion
|
1981
|
1997
|
2129 (est.)
|
1.1 billion
|
1988
|
2002
|
-
|
1.2 billion
|
1995
|
2008
|
-
|
1.3 billion
|
2003
|
2014
|
-
|
1.4 billion
|
2017
|
2022
|
-
|
1.5 billion
|
-
|
2030 (est.)
|
-
|
1.6 billion
|
-
|
2041 (est.)
|
-
|
2 billion
|
-
|
2082? (est.)
|
-
|
- Populstat historic tables used as source for current nations with dates before 2003, e.g. CHINA: population growth of the whole country, for each nation listed.