Until the 1800s, population growth was incredibly slow on a global level. The global population was estimated to have been around 188 million people in the year 1CE, and did not reach one billion until around 1803. However, since the 1800s, a phenomenon known as the demographic transition has seen population growth skyrocket, reaching eight billion people in 2023, and this is expected to peak at over 10 billion in the 2080s.
Estimated global population from 10,000BCE to 2100
(in millions)
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UN DESA, & History Database of the Global Environment. (July 1, 2022). Estimated global population from 10,000BCE to 2100 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1006502/global-population-ten-thousand-bc-to-2050/
UN DESA, und History Database of the Global Environment. "Estimated global population from 10,000BCE to 2100 (in millions)." Chart. July 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1006502/global-population-ten-thousand-bc-to-2050/
UN DESA, History Database of the Global Environment. (2022). Estimated global population from 10,000BCE to 2100 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1006502/global-population-ten-thousand-bc-to-2050/
UN DESA, and History Database of the Global Environment. "Estimated Global Population from 10,000bce to 2100 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jul 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1006502/global-population-ten-thousand-bc-to-2050/
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Estimated global population from 10,000BCE to 2100 (in millions) [Graph], UN DESA, & History Database of the Global Environment, July 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1006502/global-population-ten-thousand-bc-to-2050/