Population projections (Medium variant default)

GET

/api/v1/un-population/projections

Last modified:2026-05-10 09:22:39

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OperationId:un_population_projections

Population projections from UN DESA World Population Prospects 2024 (indicator id 49 - TPopulation) through 2100. variant selects the projection assumption set: 1 = Low, 2 = High, 3 = Constant fertility, 4 = Medium (default), 8 = No change. Default range is current_year - 5 through current_year + 50.

Request

Authorization

API Key

Add parameter in header

x-api-key

Example:

x-api-key: ********************

Query Params

Header Params

Request Code Samples

Shell

JavaScript

Java

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PHP

Python

HTTP

Objective-C

Ruby

OCaml

Dart

curl --location '/api/v1/un-population/projections?location=USA&start_year=2020&end_year=2075&variant=4' \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>'

Responses

🟢200

application/json

Projected total population rows by year.

Bodyapplication/json

Example

{
    "data": {
        "location_m49": 0,
        "location_input": "string",
        "indicator_ids": [
            0
        ],
        "start_year": 0,
        "end_year": 0,
        "variant_id": 0,
        "rows": [
            {
                "locationId": 0,
                "location": "string",
                "iso3": "string",
                "iso2": "string",
                "indicatorId": 0,
                "indicator": "string",
                "indicatorShortName": "string",
                "variantId": 0,
                "variant": "string",
                "sexId": 0,
                "sex": "string",
                "ageId": 0,
                "ageLabel": "string",
                "ageStart": 0,
                "ageEnd": 0,
                "categoryId": 0,
                "category": "string",
                "timeLabel": "string",
                "timeId": 0,
                "timeMid": 0,
                "year": 0,
                "value": 0,
                "unit": "string"
            }
        ],
        "total": 0
    },
    "meta": {
        "endpoint": "/api/v1/fred/us/cpi",
        "data_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:00Z",
        "response_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:12Z",
        "provider": "Sugra API v1.0.1",
        "source": "string",
        "fallback_used": true,
        "fallback_chain": [
            "string"
        ],
        "cached": true
    }
}

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Modified at 2026-05-10 09:22:39

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