Trends in Population (1950-1995) and Projections (2000-2025)! Total Population: Recent trends of world population for the period 1950-95 and projections from 2000-2025 given in Table 1 reveal that the world population was 251.97 crores in 1950. Since then, it has continuously increased. It increased to 571.64 crores in 1995 and to 613.35 crores in 2001. […]