Corrected and Extended Population Table for the 2300AD rpg

This table extends the one found on page 94 of the Director's Guide out to 200 years, corrects them to factor in the drop in growth rate from 4% to 2% after 50 years of age ( which the text on that page describes), plus provides unrounded values and the percentage Earth-born.

Using these corrected figures restores a very important aspect of the 2300AD rpg: the rural nature of most colony worlds.

GDW's own character design system stresses the difference between those raised in the high-tech Core, and those on the lower-tech Frontier.  Characters from a frontier world have a mix of background skills to choose from ( hunting, riding, etc) that only makes sense if the both the population total and density ( people per square kilometer) is low.

        Colonization Effort ( and Earth-born percentages)

Age       Heavy  EarthB%      Median  EarthB%       Light  EarthB% 
  0     100,000  100.00%      50,000  100.00%      10,000  100.00%
  5     257,072   87.52%     114,995   86.96%      25,706   87.53%
 10     448,172   78.10%     194,069   77.29%      44,814   78.10%
 15     680,674   69.78%     290,275   68.90%      68,061   69.79%
 20     963,550   62.27%     407,325   61.38%      96,345   62.28%
 25   1,307,713   55.44%     549,735   54.57%     130,756   55.45%
 30   1,726,437   49.23%     722,996   48.41%     172,624   49.24%
 35   2,100,472   40.47%     933,795   42.84%     223,562   43.61%
 40   2,555,542   33.26%   1,190,264   37.81%     285,537   38.52%
 45   3,109,204   27.34%   1,502,298   33.28%     360,938   33.94%
 50   3,782,820   22.47%   1,881,935   29.23%     452,675   29.82%
 55   4,176,536   20.35%   2,129,846   28.17%     512,797   28.76%
 60   4,611,231   18.43%   2,403,559   27.04%     579,177   27.63%
 65   5,091,169   16.70%   2,705,762   25.87%     652,466   26.44%
 70   5,621,059   15.12%   3,039,418   24.68%     733,384   25.23%
 75   6,206,101   13.70%   3,407,802   23.48%     822,723   24.01%
 80   6,852,035   12.41%   3,814,527   22.28%     921,360   22.79%
 85   7,565,198   11.24%   4,263,584   21.11%   1,030,264   21.60%
 90   8,352,587   10.18%   4,759,380   19.96%   1,150,502   20.43%
 95   9,221,928    9.22%   5,306,778   18.84%   1,283,255   19.29%
100  10,181,751    8.35%   5,911,149   17.76%   1,429,825   18.18%
105  11,241,474    7.56%   6,578,424   16.72%   1,591,649   17.12%
110  12,411,493    6.85%   7,315,149   15.72%   1,770,317   16.10%
115  13,703,288    6.20%   8,128,553   14.76%   1,967,581   15.12%
120  15,129,535    5.62%   9,026,617   13.85%   2,185,376   14.19%
125  16,704,226    5.09%  10,018,152   12.98%   2,425,839   13.29%
130  18,442,813    4.61%  11,112,887   12.15%   2,691,330   12.45%
135  20,362,354    4.17%  12,321,562   11.36%   2,984,454   11.64%
140  22,481,682    3.78%  13,656,038   10.62%   3,308,086   10.88%
145  24,821,590    3.42%  15,129,406    9.91%   3,665,401   10.16%
150  27,405,038    3.10%  16,756,124    9.25%   4,059,908    9.48%
155  30,257,373    2.81%  18,552,152    8.62%   4,495,475    8.84%
160  33,406,583    2.54%  20,535,113    8.04%   4,976,374    8.24%
165  36,883,565    2.30%  22,724,462    7.48%   5,507,327    7.67%
170  40,722,434    2.09%  25,141,681    6.96%   6,093,542    7.14%
175  44,960,855    1.89%  27,810,486    6.47%   6,740,770    6.64%
180  49,640,415    1.71%  30,757,061    6.01%   7,455,362    6.17%
185  54,807,027    1.55%  34,010,318    5.59%   8,244,330    5.73%
190  60,511,384    1.40%  37,602,177    5.19%   9,115,414    5.32%
195  66,809,455    1.27%  41,567,880    4.81%  10,077,162    4.94%
200  73,763,035    1.15%  45,946,336    4.46%  11,139,009    4.58%