Population and Settlement
More people than ever!!
1804 is when the world finally hit 1 billion people, in 1927 there were 2 billion, this is only 123 years later. In 1960, 3 billion was reached, only 33 years later!14 years later 4 billion was reached! At this rate the population was going to reach extremely high and difficult numbers. Luckily, the population growth settled and got constant, 13 years later 5 billion was reached, 12 years later 6 billion was reached and another 12 years later, 7 billion was reached in 2011. The population is currently still about 7 billion.
- There are over 7.5 billion people on the planet right now
- Increasing by 73 million per year
- approx., 200,000 a day
1804 is when the world finally hit 1 billion people, in 1927 there were 2 billion, this is only 123 years later. In 1960, 3 billion was reached, only 33 years later!14 years later 4 billion was reached! At this rate the population was going to reach extremely high and difficult numbers. Luckily, the population growth settled and got constant, 13 years later 5 billion was reached, 12 years later 6 billion was reached and another 12 years later, 7 billion was reached in 2011. The population is currently still about 7 billion.
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