Editing Encyclopedia:Size of Wikipedia (section)

=== Annual growth rate for the English Wikipedia ===
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! Date||Article count||Increase during&nbsp;<br/>preceding year||% increase during<br/>preceding year||Doubling time (in years<br/>and days<br>rounded up)||Average increase<br>per day during<br>preceding year&nbsp;
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| 2002-01-01 || 19,700 || 19,700 || — || — || 54
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| 2003-01-01 || 96,500 || 76,800 || 390% || 160 days || 210
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| 2004-01-01 || 188,800 || 92,300 || 96% || 377 days <!-- Calculated using 366 days, as it was a leap year --> || 253
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| 2005-01-01 || 438,500 || 249,700 || 132% || 301 days || 682 <!-- Divided by 366, as it was a leap year -->
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| 2006-01-01 || 895,000 || 456,500 || 104% || 355 days || 1251
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| 2007-01-01 || 1,560,000 || 665,000 || 74% || 342 days || 1822
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| 2008-01-01 || 2,153,000 || 593,000 || 38% || 1 year, 302 days <!-- Calculated using 365.5 days, as it includes one non-leap year and one leap year --> || 1625
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| 2009-01-01 || 2,679,000 || 526,000 || 24% || 2 years, 326 days || 1437 <!-- Divided by 366, as it was a leap year -->
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| 2010-01-01 || 3,144,000 || 465,000 || 17% || 4 years, 29 days <!-- Calculated using 365.25 days, as it includes three non-leap years and one leap year --> || 1274
|-
| 2011-01-01 || 3,518,000 || 374,000 || 12% || 5 years, 284 days <!-- Calculated using 365.4 days, as it includes three non-leap years and two leap years --> || 1025
|-
| 2012-01-01 || 3,835,000 || 317,000 || 9% || 7 years, 257 days <!-- Calculated using 365 2/7 days, as it includes five non-leap years and two leap years --> || 868
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| 2013-01-01 || 4,133,000 || 298,000 || 8% || 8 years, 243 days <!-- Calculated using 365.25 days, as it includes six non-leap years and two leap years --> || 814 <!-- Divided by 366, as it was a leap year -->
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| 2014-01-01 || 4,413,000 || 280,000 || 7% || 9 years, 330 days <!-- Calculated using 365 2/9 days, as it includes seven non-leap years and two leap years --> || 767
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| 2015-01-01 || 4,682,000 || 269,000 || 6% || 11 years, 202 days <!-- Calculated using 365 3/11 days, as it includes eight non-leap years and three leap years --> || 736
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| 2016-01-01 || 5,045,000 || 363,000 || 8% || 8 years, 243 days <!-- Calculated using 365.25 days, as it includes six non-leap years and two leap years --> || 995
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| 2017-01-01 || 5,321,200 || 276,200 || 7% || 9 years, 330 days <!-- Calculated using 365 2/9 days, as it includes seven non-leap years and two leap years --> || 755 <!-- Divided by 366, as it was a leap year -->
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| 2018-01-01 || 5,541,900 || 220,700 || 4.5% || 15 years, 148 days <!--Calculated using 365 4/15 days, as it includes eleven non-leap years and four leap years --> || 605
|-
| 2019-01-01 || 5,773,600 || 231,700 || 4.2% || 16 years, 310 days <!--Calculated using 365.25 days, as it includes twelve non-leap years and four leap years --> || 635
|-
| 2020-01-01 || 5,989,400 || 215,800 || 3.8% || 20 years, 11 days <!--Calculated using 365.25 days, as it includes fifteen non-leap years and five leap years --> || 591
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| 2021-01-01 || 6,219,700 || 230,300 || 3.8% || 20 years <!--Calculated using 365.25 days, as it includes fifteen non-leap years and five leap years --> || 629 <!-- Divided by 366, as it was a leap year -->
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| 2022-01-01 || 6,431,400 || 211,700 || 3.4% || 21 years, 0 days || 580
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| 2023-01-01 || 6,595,468 || 164,068 || 2.6% || 27 years, 2 days || 450
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| 2024-01-01 || 6,764,335 || 168,867 || 2.6% || 27 years, 2 days || 463
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| 2025-01-01 || 6,933,296 || 168,961 || 2.6% || 27 years, 2 days || 462
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||''{{formatnum:{{#expr:((({{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}} - 6933296) / 6933296) * 365) / (({{#time:U|now}} - {{#time:U|2024-01-01}}) / 3600 / 24) * 100 round 1}}}}%''<sup>[a]</sup>
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||''{{#expr:({{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}} - 6933296) / (({{#time:U|now}} - {{#time:U|2024-01-01}}) / 3600 / 24) round 0}}''<sup>[a]</sup>
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::<sup>[a]</sup>Estimate based on year so far
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At this rate, there are '''{{#expr:({{#expr:ceil({{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}}/1000000)*1000000}}-{{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}})/(({{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}}-{{#expr:floor({{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}}/1000000)*1000000}})/(({{#time:U|now}}-{{#time:U|2020-01-23}})/3600/24))round 0}} days''' until the English Wikipedia reaches {{#expr:ceil({{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}}/1000000)}} million articles.