Still too many nuclear weapons
| Global Nuclear Weapons | |
| 1945 | 2 |
| 1950 | 304 |
| 1955 | 2636 |
| 1960 | 20285 |
| 1965 | 37741 |
| 1970 | 38164 |
| 1975 | 47454 |
| 1980 | 55144 |
| 1985 | 63632 |
| 1990 | 59604 |
| 1995 | 39123 |
| 2000 | 33159 |
| 2005 | 26388 |
| 2010 | 17995 |
Number of Global Nuclear Weapons
Sources:
bos.sagepub.com