List of population milestones by country
List of population milestones by country (and year first reached)
Note: Including former nations where data are available.
Billion milestone
- China 1982
- India 1999
Half billion milestone
- China 1934
- India 1967
Quarter billion milestone
100 million milestone
- Russian Empire (before 1897)
- USA 1915
- Russia 1932
- Indonesia 1963
- Japan 1967
- Brazil 1974
- Nigeria 1986
- Bangladesh 1987
- Pakistan 1987
- Mexico 2000
- Philippines 2014[2]
Refs
- Populstat historic tables used as source for current nations with dates before 2003, e.g. http://www.populstat.info/Asia/chinac.htm, for each nation listed.