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Absolute increase in global population per year

Absolute population change measures the net increase in total population in any given year e.g. data for 1950 represents the net change in total population from 1950
to 1951. Data projections to 2100 are based on the UN Population Division's 'medium variant' projection.

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Source: Absolute population change - OWID based on HYDE & UN