List of population milestones by country

List of population milestones by country (and year first reached)

Note: Including former nations where data is available.

Billion milestone

 * China 1982
 * India 1999

Half billion milestone

 * China 1934
 * India 1967

Quarter billion milestone

 * China 1775
 * India 1921
 * Soviet Union (between 1970-77)
 * USA 1991
 * Indonesia 2013

100 million milestone

 * Russian Empire (before 1897)
 * USA 1915
 * Russia 1932
 * Indonesia 1963
 * Japan 1967
 * Brazil 1974
 * Nigeria 1986
 * Bangladesh 1987
 * Pakistan 1987
 * Mexico 2000
 * Philippines 2014

Refs

 * Populstat historic tables used as source for current nations with dates before 2003, e.g. http://www.populstat.info/Asia/chinac.htm, for each nation listed.