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US Census Bureau International Data Base - Select "Region", table "Total Midyear Population, Area, Density", Regions: "World".
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CSV table data file as retrieved from US Census Bureau International Database, without modifications.
Data file "population.csv"
"Total Midyear Population for World - Aggregated" Region,Country,Year,Population,"Area (sq. km.)","Density (persons per sq. km.)" World," Aggregated",1950,2556505579,125640387,20.3 World," Aggregated",1951,2593858083,125640387,20.6 World," Aggregated",1952,2635734313,125640387,21.0 World," Aggregated",1953,2681062149,125640387,21.3 World," Aggregated",1954,2729285846,125640387,21.7 World," Aggregated",1955,2781208671,125640387,22.1 World," Aggregated",1956,2834464686,125640387,22.6 World," Aggregated",1957,2890572456,125640387,23.0 World," Aggregated",1958,2947421720,125640387,23.5 World," Aggregated",1959,3000072146,125640387,23.9 World," Aggregated",1960,3042445344,125640387,24.2 World," Aggregated",1961,3083506202,125640387,24.5 World," Aggregated",1962,3139715515,125640387,25.0 World," Aggregated",1963,3209533214,125640387,25.5 World," Aggregated",1964,3280976742,125640387,26.1 World," Aggregated",1965,3350247056,125640387,26.7 World," Aggregated",1966,3420543874,125640387,27.2 World," Aggregated",1967,3490288535,125640387,27.8 World," Aggregated",1968,3562353760,125640387,28.4 World," Aggregated",1969,3637276383,125640387,28.9 World," Aggregated",1970,3712963247,125640387,29.6 World," Aggregated",1971,3790831132,125640387,30.2 World," Aggregated",1972,3867338018,125640387,30.8 World," Aggregated",1973,3943176752,125640387,31.4 World," Aggregated",1974,4017813804,125640387,32.0 World," Aggregated",1975,4090414797,125640387,32.6 World," Aggregated",1976,4161640823,125640387,33.1 World," Aggregated",1977,4233639679,125640387,33.7 World," Aggregated",1978,4305732462,125640387,34.3 World," Aggregated",1979,4380675312,125640387,34.9 World," Aggregated",1980,4452942594,125640387,35.4 World," Aggregated",1981,4535670569,125640387,36.1 World," Aggregated",1982,4615594636,125640387,36.7 World," Aggregated",1983,4696609098,125640387,37.4 World," Aggregated",1984,4776733167,125640387,38.0 World," Aggregated",1985,4858255344,125640387,38.7 World," Aggregated",1986,4942034793,125640387,39.3 World," Aggregated",1987,5028295387,125640387,40.0 World," Aggregated",1988,5115225260,125640387,40.7 World," Aggregated",1989,5201771390,125640387,41.4 World," Aggregated",1990,5289040477,125640387,42.1 World," Aggregated",1991,5371956011,125640387,42.8 World," Aggregated",1992,5456702211,125640387,43.4 World," Aggregated",1993,5538785743,125640387,44.1 World," Aggregated",1994,5619414012,125640387,44.7 World," Aggregated",1995,5700328131,125640387,45.4 World," Aggregated",1996,5780525477,125640387,46.0 World," Aggregated",1997,5859076518,125640387,46.6 World," Aggregated",1998,5936654189,125640387,47.3 World," Aggregated",1999,6013490977,125640387,47.9 World," Aggregated",2000,6089648784,125640387,48.5 World," Aggregated",2001,6166108367,125640387,49.1 World," Aggregated",2002,6242347736,125640387,49.7 World," Aggregated",2003,6317998040,125640387,50.3 World," Aggregated",2004,6393741245,125640387,50.9 World," Aggregated",2005,6469688764,125640387,51.5 World," Aggregated",2006,6546299902,125640387,52.1 World," Aggregated",2007,6623914961,125640387,52.7 World," Aggregated",2008,6700983106,125640387,53.3 World," Aggregated",2009,6776763237,125640387,53.9 World," Aggregated",2010,6852472823,125640387,54.5 World," Aggregated",2011,6928198253,125640387,55.1
