Number of Countries with a Population over 200,000,000 by UN Projections
| Year | # |
| 1950 | 2 |
| 1951 | 2 |
| 1952 | 2 |
| 1953 | 2 |
| 1954 | 2 |
| 1955 | 2 |
| 1956 | 2 |
| 1957 | 2 |
| 1958 | 2 |
| 1959 | 2 |
| 1960 | 2 |
| 1961 | 2 |
| 1962 | 2 |
| 1963 | 2 |
| 1964 | 2 |
| 1965 | 2 |
| 1966 | 2 |
| 1967 | 3 |
| 1968 | 3 |
| 1969 | 3 |
| 1970 | 3 |
| 1971 | 3 |
| 1972 | 3 |
| 1973 | 3 |
| 1974 | 3 |
| 1975 | 3 |
| 1976 | 3 |
| 1977 | 3 |
| 1978 | 3 |
| 1979 | 3 |
| 1980 | 3 |
| 1981 | 3 |
| 1982 | 3 |
| 1983 | 3 |
| 1984 | 3 |
| 1985 | 3 |
| 1986 | 3 |
| 1987 | 3 |
| 1988 | 3 |
| 1989 | 3 |
| 1990 | 3 |
| 1991 | 3 |
| 1992 | 3 |
| 1993 | 3 |
| 1994 | 3 |
| 1995 | 3 |
| 1996 | 4 |
| 1997 | 4 |
| 1998 | 4 |
| 1999 | 4 |
| 2000 | 4 |
| 2001 | 4 |
| 2002 | 4 |
| 2003 | 4 |
| 2004 | 4 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | 4 |
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2009 | 4 |
| 2010 | 4 |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 5 |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2015 | 6 |
| 2016 | 6 |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2018 | 7 |
| 2019 | 7 |
| 2020 | 7 |
| 2021 | 7 |
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2023 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2025 | 7 |
| 2026 | 7 |
| 2027 | 7 |
| 2028 | 7 |
| 2029 | 7 |
| 2030 | 7 |
| 2031 | 7 |
| 2032 | 7 |
| 2033 | 7 |
| 2034 | 7 |
| 2035 | 7 |
| 2036 | 7 |
| 2037 | 7 |
| 2038 | 7 |
| 2039 | 8 |
| 2040 | 8 |
| 2041 | 8 |
| 2042 | 8 |
| 2043 | 8 |
| 2044 | 9 |
| 2045 | 9 |
| 2046 | 9 |
| 2047 | 10 |
| 2048 | 10 |
| 2049 | 10 |
| 2050 | 10 |
| 2051 | 10 |
| 2052 | 10 |
| 2053 | 10 |
| 2054 | 10 |
| 2055 | 10 |
| 2056 | 10 |
| 2057 | 10 |
| 2058 | 10 |
| 2059 | 10 |
| 2060 | 10 |
| 2061 | 10 |
| 2062 | 10 |
| 2063 | 10 |
| 2064 | 10 |
| 2065 | 10 |
| 2066 | 10 |
| 2067 | 10 |
| 2068 | 10 |
| 2069 | 10 |
| 2070 | 10 |
| 2071 | 10 |
| 2072 | 9 |
| 2073 | 9 |
| 2074 | 9 |
| 2075 | 9 |
| 2076 | 10 |
| 2077 | 10 |
| 2078 | 10 |
| 2079 | 10 |
| 2080 | 10 |
| 2081 | 10 |
| 2082 | 10 |
| 2083 | 10 |
| 2084 | 10 |
| 2085 | 10 |
| 2086 | 10 |
| 2087 | 10 |
| 2088 | 10 |
| 2089 | 10 |
| 2090 | 10 |
| 2091 | 10 |
| 2092 | 11 |
| 2093 | 11 |
| 2094 | 11 |
| 2095 | 11 |
| 2096 | 11 |
| 2097 | 11 |
| 2098 | 11 |
| 2099 | 11 |
| 2100 | 11 |
