The World at 7 Billion - Growing Population
THE WORLD AT SEVEN BILLION THE WORLD'S GROWING POPULATION WORLD POPULATION 10 Years 0-2150 10 Years 1750-2050 100 Annual Pop. Change in millions in billions World Population in billions 9 bln 8 bln 80 7 bln 1000 2000 6 bln 60 It took less than a century to reach the next billion people after reaching the first billion in 1804. Since 1960, the world population has doubled. With recent figures putting the annual number of people added to the world population at 80 million per year, the world adds the numerical equivalent of Population 20 Projections billions 5 bln 2050 High 10.6 bin 15 4 bln Population if policy agreements fail 40 Medium 10 8.1 bln Low 3 bln 2010 Population if all UN-agreed population policies are implemented 2100 2 another United States to its population every four years 20 2 bln 1 bln Estimates preceding 1950s records Year next billion reached Years after previous billion 1804 1927 1959 1974 1987 1998 2011 2025 2043 123 32 15 13 11 13 14 18 *Based on UN estimates 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2050 FERTILITY RATES POPULATION DENSITY Africa Births per 1,000 people Medium-range 50 2000 FR estimates Asia Latin Am. & Caribbean 40 Europe North America Oceania persons/sq km 30 20 12- <5 15- <15 15 - <15 100 - <1,000 10 1950 2000 2100 1000+ Sources: U.S.Census Bureau, United Nations, Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center, Populationaction.org Graphic: Brice Hall/RNGS REUTERS
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