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World Population Growth Chart

World Population Growth Chart

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The size of the world population over the last 12,000 years Demographers expect rapid population growth to end by the end of the 21st century. The UN demographers expect a population of about 11 billion in 2100. 7 billion 6 billion 5 billion 4 billion 3 billion 2 billion 1 billion 4 million in 10,000 BCE 10,000 BCE 8,000 BCE 6,000 BCE 4,000 BCE 2,000 BCE 190 million in the year 0 2000 7.9 billion in 2022 7 billion in 2011 6 billion in 1999 5 billion in 1987 4 billion in 1975 3 billion in 1960 2 billion in 1928 1.65 billion in 1900 990 million in 1800 600 million in 1700 The average growth rate from 10,000 BCE to 1700 was just 0.04% per year Global life expectancy before 1800 was less than 30 years Global life expectancy in 2019: 73 years Mid 14th century: The Black Death pandemic killed between a quarter and half of all people in Europe. Based on estimates by the History Database of the Global Environment (HYDE) and the United Nations. On OurWorldInData.org you can download the annual data. This is a visualization from OurWorldInData.org. Licensed under CC-BY-SA by the author Max Roser.
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The image shows a population chart from Our World in Data, with a nearly flat line for thousands of years followed by an extremely steep rise in the modern era. The joke is the absurd contrast between the enormous time span and the recent explosive growth, making it a reaction to humanity’s rapid population increase or any situation that suddenly accelerates. EN: The image shows a population chart from Our World in Data, with a nearly flat line for thousands of years followed by an extremely steep rise in the modern era. The joke is the absurd contrast between the enormous time span and the recent explosive growth, making it a reaction to humanity’s rapid population increase or any situation that suddenly accelerates.

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