Year 0 1000 1500 1600 1700 1820 1870 1913 1950 1973 1998 Western Europe 24 700 25 413 57 268 73 778 81 460 132 888 187 532 261 007 305 060 358 390 388 399 Eastern Europe (excluding USSR countries) 4 750 6 500 13 500 16 950 18 800 36 415 52 182 79 604 87 289 110 490 121 006 Former USSR 3 900 7 100 16 950 20 700 26 550 54 765 88 672 156 192 180 050 249 748 290 866 Total Europe (including USSR countries) 33 350 39 013 87 718 111 428 126 810 224 068 328 386 496 803 572 399 718 628 800 271 United States[25] 680 1 300 2 000 1 500 1 000 9 981 40 241 97 606 152 271 212 909 279 040 Other Western Offshoots 490 660 800 800 750 1 249 5 892 13 795 23 823 39 036 52 859 Total Western Offshoots 1 170 1 960 2 800 2 300 1 750 11 230 46 133 111 401 176 094 250 945 323 420 Mexico 2 200 4 500 7 500 2 500 4 500 6 587 9 219 14 970 28 485 57 643 98 553 Other Latin America 3 400 6 900 10 000 6 100 7 550 14 633 30 754 65 545 137 352 250 807 409 070 Total Latin America 5 600 11 400 17 500 8 600 12 050 21 220 39 973 80 515 165 837 308 450 507 623 Japan 3 000 7 500 15 400 18 500 27 000 31 000 34 437 51 672 83 563 108 660 126 469 China 59 600 59 000 103 000 160 000 138 000 381 000 358 000 437 140 546 815 881 940 1 242 700 India 75 000 77 000 113 000 145 000 201 000 209 000 239 000 319 000 362 000 549 000 1 029 000 Other Asia 36 600 41 400 55 400 65 000 71 800 89 366 119 619 185 092 392 481 677 214 1 172 243 Total Asia (excluding Japan) 171 200 175 400 268 400 360 000 374 800 679 366 730 619 925 932 1 298 296 2 139 154 3 389 943 Africa 16 500 33 000 46 000 55 000 61 000 74 208 90 466 124 697 228 342 387 645 759 954 World (thousands) 230,820 268,273 437,818 555,828 603,410 1,041,092 1,270,014 1,791,020 2,524,531 3,913,482 5,907,680