Historic, current and future population

population mid-year	Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania	World
1950	227,939,046	331,797,161	1,436,631,509	547,104,810	12,476,128	2,555,948,654
1960	285,108,535	416,533,168	1,718,872,656	605,441,203	15,637,851	3,041,593,413
1970	365,897,577	512,188,419	2,156,814,674	657,595,440	19,304,676	3,711,800,786
1980	478,071,639	612,597,732	2,644,412,997	695,007,208	22,676,760	4,452,766,336
1990	633,224,161	720,022,931	3,180,071,055	722,477,063	26,576,718	5,282,371,928
2000	810,431,700	833,969,878	3,678,483,540	731,385,659	30,636,819	6,084,907,596
2010	1,016,511,552	936,910,053	4,149,347,367	728,803,894	35,307,565	6,866,880,431
2020	1,251,941,753	1,036,011,724	4,611,494,584	720,015,354	39,828,538	7,659,291,953
2030	1,507,900,283	1,126,218,351	4,992,683,104	702,407,672	43,924,569	8,373,133,979
2040	1,783,501,287	1,202,976,846	5,290,843,352	678,576,818	47,324,476	9,003,222,779
2050	2,073,016,270	1,263,679,890	5,503,285,787	648,919,917	50,086,399	9,538,988,263
growth (1)	909%	381%	383%	119%	401%	373%
source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, International Data Base (2008-06-18). note: 1 - growth in percentage from 1950 untill 2050 (i.e. 2050 population divided by 1950 population).

Continental Population Shift