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GLOBAL POPULATION PROJECTIONS
source: Population Division of the
Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat (2003). World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision. Highlights. New York: United Nations.
www.un.org/esa/population/
publications/wpp2002/wpp2002
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Globally, population exceeds 6.2 billion: more than double what it was in 1950.
 It is expected to increase by 2.6 billion during the next 47 years.
Growing population| year | (thousands) | | 1950 | 2 518 629 | | 2003 | 6 301 463 | | 2015 | 7 197 247 | | 2025 | 7 851 455 | | 2050 | 8 918 724
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World population by sex (2003)| gender | (thousands) | | male | 3 169 122 | | female | 3 132 342 |
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