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In the chart, we see the global population growth rate per year. This is based on historical UN estimates and its medium projection to 2100. Global population growth peaked in the 1960s at over 2% per year.
- Fertility Rate
There are three major reasons for the rapid decline in the...
- Life Expectancy
For example, the gap spiked in some countries during the...
- The Global Population Pyramid
You see that in each subsequent decade the population...
- Demographic Transition
Sweden’s demographic transition. In the next visualization...
- Two Centuries of Rapid Global Population Growth Will Come to an End
In pink, you see the annual population growth rate (that is,...
- Population Momentum
In 1965 the average woman on the planet had 5 children. 50...
- Population Growth Rate
Historical national accounts estimates of the share of the...
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The chart above illustrates how world population has changed throughout history. View the full tabulated data. At the dawn of agriculture, about 8000 B.C., the population of the world was approximately 5 million. Over the 8,000-year period up to 1 A.D. it grew to 200 million (some estimate 300 million or even 600, suggesting how imprecise populatio...
A tremendous change occurred with the industrial revolution: whereas it had taken all of human history until around 1800 for world population to reach one billion, the second billion was achieved in only 130 years (1930), the third billion in 30 years (1960), the fourth billion in 15 years (1974), and the fifth billion in only 13 years (1987).
World population will therefore continue to grow in the 21st century, but at a much slower rate compared to the recent past. World population has doubled (100% increase) in 40 years from 1959 (3 billion) to 1999 (6 billion). It is now estimated that it will take another nearly 40 years to increase by another 50% to become 9 billion by 2037.
According to a recent study (based on the 2010 world population of 6.9 billion) by The Pew Forum, there are:
Population growth (annual %) Derived from total population. Population source: ( 1 ) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision; ( 2 ) Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices; ( 3 ) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics; ( 4 ) United Nations Statistics Division.
The population of World in 2022 was 7,975,105,156, a 0.83% increase from 2021. The population of World in 2021 was 7,909,295,151, a 0.87% increase from 2020. Chart and table of World population from 1950 to 2024. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100.
Historical national accounts estimates of the share of the world's population living on less than $5 per day, by region. Marriages per 1,000 people. Military personnel as a share of total population. Natural population growth with UN projections. Natural population growth rate vs. child mortality rate.
The 2022 Revision of World Population Prospects is the twenty-seventh edition of official United Nations population estimates and projections that have been prepared by the Population...
1 day ago · The World Population Prospects 2024 dataset offers a comprehensive overview of global population trends between 1950 and 2024, tracking growth rates, age structures and the three components of ...