Table 2. Total population estimates and projections in OECD countries In thousands 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 United States 186,158 210,111 230,406 254,076 278,357 297,989 317,124 332,619 342,612 349,318 Japan 94,096 104,331 116,807 123,537 126,714 127,315 123,893 118,145 111,691 104,921 Germany 72,673 77,709 78,304 79,365 82,220 82,032 80,996 79,252 76,531 73,303 France 45,684 50,772 53,880 56,718 59,080 60,597 61,500 61,632 60,998 59,883 Italy 50,200 53,822 56,434 57,023 57,298 55,782 52,913 49,533 45,642 41,197 United Kingdom 52,372 55,632 56,330 57,561 58,830 59,331 59,845 59,619 58,289 56,667 Canada 17,909 21,324 24,593 27,791 31,147 33,929 36,641 39,011 40,790 42,311 Australia 10,276 12,535 14,569 16,888 18,886 20,615 22,321 23,777 24,860 25,761 Austria 7,048 7,467 7,549 7,705 8,211 8,348 8,279 8,045 7,630 7,094 Belgium 9,153 9,656 9,852 9,951 10,161 10,136 10,017 9,780 9,383 8,918 Czech Republic 9,552 9,805 10,283 10,306 10,244 10,066 9,743 9,229 8,562 7,829 Denmark 4,581 4,929 5,123 5,140 5,293 5,327 5,283 5,176 4,991 4,793 Finland 4,430 4,606 4,780 4,986 5,176 5,235 5,266 5,209 5,054 4,898 Greece 8,327 8,793 9,643 10,220 10,645 10,554 10,141 9,571 8,949 8,233 Hungary 9,984 10,338 10,707 10,365 10,036 9,627 9,167 8,627 8,068 7,488 Iceland 176 204 228 255 281 304 321 334 340 341 Ireland 2,834 2,954 3,401 3,503 3,730 4,016 4,302 4,484 4,616 4,710 Korea 25,003 31,923 38,124 42,869 46,844 49,976 51,893 52,898 52,700 51,275 Luxembourg 314 339 364 381 431 457 464 460 448 430 Mexico 36,945 50,596 67,570 83,226 98,881 112,891 124,976 134,912 142,301 146,645 Netherlands 11,480 13,032 14,144 14,952 15,786 15,973 15,876 15,617 14,986 14,156 New Zealand 2,372 2,820 3,113 3,360 3,862 4,207 4,540 4,834 5,061 5,248 Norway 3,581 3,877 4,086 4,241 4,465 4,648 4,777 4,838 4,815 4,758 Poland 29,561 32,526 35,574 38,119 38,765 39,190 39,318 38,680 37,686 36,256 Portugal 8,826 9,044 9,766 9,869 9,875 9,777 9,515 9,163 8,716 8,137 Spain 30,455 33,779 37,542 39,303 39,630 39,089 37,627 35,611 33,200 30,226 Sweden 7,480 8,043 8,310 8,559 8,910 9,039 9,099 9,047 8,848 8,661 Switzerland 5,362 6,187 6,319 6,834 7,386 7,603 7,624 7,503 7,178 6,745 Turkey 27,509 35,321 44,438 56,098 66,591 76,054 84,187 91,295 96,908 100,664 OECD Total 774,342 872,474 962,2401,043,2011,117,7341,170,1071,207,6511,228,9051,231,8541,220,865 Source: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 1998 Revision.