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Population

In the late 1970s, the Fourth Doctor claimed that the population of Australia was fourteen million. (TV: Dr. Who For Keep Australia Beautiful)

Specific locations[]

Earth[]

In 1791, Hempel noted that the planet Earth's was "eight hundred million, give or take." (AUDIO: The Sword of the Chevalier)

In 1977, the Fourth Doctor stated that there were four thousand million, or 4 billion, people on Earth. (TV: Image of the Fendahl)

In 1983, the Eleventh Doctor claimed that Earth's population was 5 billion. (TV: Cold War)

In 2006, the Ninth Doctor claimed that Earth's population was 5 billion. (TV: World War Three) By 25 December that year, Alex Klein noted that a third of the world's population would be 2 billion. (TV: The Christmas Invasion)

On board the Titanic in December 2008, the Tenth Doctor stated that the Earth's population was 6 billion. (TV: Voyage of the Dammed) This figure was repeated by the Eleventh Doctor that year. (TV: The Eleventh Hour)

During the 456 crisis of 2009, Rick Yates acknowledged projections which predicted that Earth's population would reach nine billion by 2050, a two and a half billion rise. Soon after, Jack Harkness boasted that "over six billion angry human beings" would fight the 456. Denise Riley noted that the Earth's population was 6.7 billion people. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Four)

On Christmas Day in approximately the 2000s,[nb 1] a total of 6,727,949,338 people were temporarily transformed into the Master Race, constituting the entire human population of Earth save Donna Noble and Wilfred Mott. (TV: The End of Time (part two) [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2009 and New Year Special 2010 (BBC One, 2009-2010).)

In 2010, 79B Aickman Road's autopilot noted that 17 potential pilots had been tried and that 6400000026 remained. Earlier that day, Sophie had estimated the total population at six billion. (TV: The Lodger)

In the 2010s, Kate Stewart said that there were more than seven billion people on Earth. (AUDIO: Power of the Dominators)

In 2018, the Twelfth Doctor noted Earth's population to be seven billion. (TV: The Lie of the Land) In 2018 (TV: The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos) and early 2019, the Thirteenth Doctor approximated it at the same value. (TV: Resolution)

In 2020, the Eleventh Doctor claimed that there were six billion humans on Earth. (TV: The Hungry Earth) The Thirteenth Doctor claimed that there were seven billion. (TV: Praxeus)

In 2021, the Thirteenth Doctor observed that there were seven billion humans on Earth, and that the Lupari had amassed a fleet of ships to rescue each one of them from the first Flux event. (TV: The Halloween Apocalypse)

Later in the 21st century, Earth's population was 10 billion. (AUDIO: Hothouse)

By the year 2472, Earth's population was 100 billion. (TV: Colony in Space)

In the year 200,000, the Ninth Doctor noted that Earth's population was 96 billion. (TV: The Long Game)

New York City[]

In 1790, New York City's total population was 33,131.

In 1800, New York City's total population was 60,515.

In 1810, New York City's total population was 98,373.

In 1820, New York City's total population was 123,706, 5,390 of whom were foreign-born.

In 1830, New York City's total population was 202,583, 17,773 of whom were foreign-born.

In 1840, New York City's total population was 312,710.

In 1850, New York City's total population was 515,547, 235,733 of whom were foreign-born.

In 1860, New York City's total population was 813,669, 383,717 of whom were foreign-born.

In 1870, New York City's total population was 942,292, 419,094 of whom were foreign-born.

In 1880, New York City's total population was 1,206,209, 478,670 of whom were foreign-born.

In 1890, New York City's total population was 1,515,301, 839,347 of whom were foreign-born.

In 1900, New York City's total population was 3,427,202, 1,270,080 of whom were foreign-born.

In 1910, New York City's total population was 4,708,083, 1,044,257 of whom were foreign-born.

In 1920, New York City's total population was 5,620,042, 2,028,160 of whom were foreign-born.

In 1930, the population of New York City, or, as Charlotte Wills claimed, Manhattan, was 1,867,000.

In 1940, New York City's total population was 7,454,995, 2,138,657 of whom were foreign-born.

In 1950, New York City's total population was 7,891,957, 1,784,200 of whom were foreign-born.

In 1960, New York City's total population was 7,783,314, 1,558,690 of whom were foreign-born.

In 1970, New York City's total population was 7,824,756, 1,437,023 of whom were foreign-born.

In 1980, New York City's total population was 7,071,639, 1,670,199 of whom were foreign-born.

In 1990, New York City's total population was 7,322,554, 2,032,531 of whom were foreign-born.

In 2000, New York City's total population was 8,008,278, 2,871,032 of whom were foreign-born.

Charlotte Wills claimed that, around 2011, Manhattan had a population of less than 1,867,000, misreading the 1930 statistic as pertaining to just Manhattan. (TV: The Gathering)

Others[]

In the 1970s, the population of London was eight million. (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs) In 2007, Elton Pope claimed the population of London to be ten million. (TV: Love & Monsters) However, according to Rose Noble in 2023, London had a population of nine million. (TV: The Star Beast [+]Russell T Davies, adapted from Doctor Who and the Star Beast (Pat Mills and John Wagner), Doctor Who 2023 specials (BBC One, 2023). Timestamp 00:37:1.)

In 2009, Rick Yates noted that the United Kingdom had a population of 61 million, which was projected to increase to 77 million by 2050. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Four)

In 2012, Henry van Statten noted Salt Lake City, the city nearest to his Vault, to have a population of one million. (TV: Dalek)

Other locations[]

At the time of its disappearance, Bandraginus V had a population of a thousand million. (TV: The Pirate Planet)

In the year 4000, the Solar System had a combined population of forty billion. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan)

The City of the Saved was home to every human to ever live. The City's population was in the septillions and increased by 0.3 septillion each year. (PROSE: The Book of the War) The orientation material given to visitors of the City estimated the population was between 1024 and 1027 septillion, but the City census of AF 291 reported it was closer to 1038 septillion. (PROSE: Of the City of the Saved...)

In 5,000,000,023, the Tenth Doctor stated there were ten million people in the city of New New York on New Earth. (TV: New Earth)

Footnotes[]

  1. Both Planet of the Dead and The End of Time are referred to in dialogue as taking place after the end of Journey's End, which is set in either 2008, according to TV: The Fires of Pompeii, TV: The Waters of Mars, and AUDIO: SOS (and heavily implied by TV: The Star Beast and TV: The Giggle), or six weeks after the middle of May 2009, circa June, according to PROSE: Beautiful Chaos. However, the year of The End of Time is unspecified, as is whether or not it is intended to be the Christmas immediately after Journey's End.
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