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  1. Historical population of the continents 10,000BCE-2000CE

    • statista.com
    Updated Dec 31, 2007
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    Statista (2007). Historical population of the continents 10,000BCE-2000CE [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1006557/global-population-per-continent-10000bce-2000ce/
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    Dec 31, 2007
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    Worldwide
    Description

    The earliest point where scientists can make reasonable estimates for the population of global regions is around 10,000 years before the Common Era (or 12,000 years ago). Estimates suggest that Asia has consistently been the most populated continent, and the least populated continent has generally been Oceania (although it was more heavily populated than areas such as North America in very early years). Population growth was very slow, but an increase can be observed between most of the given time periods. There were, however, dips in population due to pandemics, the most notable of these being the impact of plague in Eurasia in the 14th century, and the impact of European contact with the indigenous populations of the Americas after 1492, where it took almost four centuries for the population of Latin America to return to its pre-1500 level. The world's population first reached one billion people in 1803, which also coincided with a spike in population growth, due to the onset of the demographic transition. This wave of growth first spread across the most industrially developed countries in the 19th century, and the correlation between demographic development and industrial or economic maturity continued until today, with Africa being the final major region to begin its transition in the late-1900s.

  2. Population of the United States 1610-2020

    • statista.com
    Updated Aug 12, 2024
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    Statista (2024). Population of the United States 1610-2020 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1067138/population-united-states-historical/
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    Aug 12, 2024
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    In the past four centuries, the population of the United States has grown from a recorded 350 people around the Jamestown colony of Virginia in 1610, to an estimated 331 million people in 2020. The pre-colonization populations of the indigenous peoples of the Americas have proven difficult for historians to estimate, as their numbers decreased rapidly following the introduction of European diseases (namely smallpox, plague and influenza). Native Americans were also omitted from most censuses conducted before the twentieth century, therefore the actual population of what we now know as the United States would have been much higher than the official census data from before 1800, but it is unclear by how much. Population growth in the colonies throughout the eighteenth century has primarily been attributed to migration from the British Isles and the Transatlantic slave trade; however it is also difficult to assert the ethnic-makeup of the population in these years as accurate migration records were not kept until after the 1820s, at which point the importation of slaves had also been illegalized. Nineteenth century In the year 1800, it is estimated that the population across the present-day United States was around six million people, with the population in the 16 admitted states numbering at 5.3 million. Migration to the United States began to happen on a large scale in the mid-nineteenth century, with the first major waves coming from Ireland, Britain and Germany. In some aspects, this wave of mass migration balanced out the demographic impacts of the American Civil War, which was the deadliest war in U.S. history with approximately 620 thousand fatalities between 1861 and 1865. The civil war also resulted in the emancipation of around four million slaves across the south; many of whose ancestors would take part in the Great Northern Migration in the early 1900s, which saw around six million black Americans migrate away from the south in one of the largest demographic shifts in U.S. history. By the end of the nineteenth century, improvements in transport technology and increasing economic opportunities saw migration to the United States increase further, particularly from southern and Eastern Europe, and in the first decade of the 1900s the number of migrants to the U.S. exceeded one million people in some years. Twentieth and twenty-first century The U.S. population has grown steadily throughout the past 120 years, reaching one hundred million in the 1910s, two hundred million in the 1960s, and three hundred million in 2007. In the past century, the U.S. established itself as a global superpower, with the world's largest economy (by nominal GDP) and most powerful military. Involvement in foreign wars has resulted in over 620,000 further U.S. fatalities since the Civil War, and migration fell drastically during the World Wars and Great Depression; however the population continuously grew in these years as the total fertility rate remained above two births per woman, and life expectancy increased (except during the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918).

    Since the Second World War, Latin America has replaced Europe as the most common point of origin for migrants, with Hispanic populations growing rapidly across the south and border states. Because of this, the proportion of non-Hispanic whites, which has been the most dominant ethnicity in the U.S. since records began, has dropped more rapidly in recent decades. Ethnic minorities also have a much higher birth rate than non-Hispanic whites, further contributing to this decline, and the share of non-Hispanic whites is expected to fall below fifty percent of the U.S. population by the mid-2000s. In 2020, the United States has the third-largest population in the world (after China and India), and the population is expected to reach four hundred million in the 2050s.

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    Historical statistics, population, by birthplace, age and sex

    • open.canada.ca
    • data.wu.ac.at
    csv, html, xml
    Updated Jan 17, 2023
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    Statistics Canada (2023). Historical statistics, population, by birthplace, age and sex [Dataset]. https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/06fa201f-479d-4c6c-b677-f7573f63f4d9
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    xml, csv, htmlAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Jan 17, 2023
    Dataset provided by
    Statistics Canada
    License

    Open Government Licence - Canada 2.0https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    This table contains 30 series, with data for years 1911 - 1971 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2012-02-16. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Unit of measure (1 items: Persons ...) Geography (1 items: Canada ...) Birthplace (2 items: Canadian-born; Other British- and foreign-born ...) Age groups (5 items: All ages; 15-24 years; 25-64 years; Under 15 years ...) Sex (3 items: Both sexes; Females; Males ...).

  4. Historical statistics, origins of the population

    • www150.statcan.gc.ca
    • open.canada.ca
    • +1more
    Updated Nov 5, 2015
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    Historical statistics, origins of the population [Dataset]. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=4310000301
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    Dataset updated
    Nov 5, 2015
    Dataset provided by
    Statistics Canadahttps://statcan.gc.ca/en
    Area covered
    Canada
    Description

    This table contains 39 series, with data for years 1871 - 1971 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2012-02-16. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Unit of measure (1 items: Persons ...) Geography (1 items: Canada ...) Origins (39 items: Total origins; British origins; English; Irish ...).

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    California Population 1900-2024

    • macrotrends.net
    csv
    Updated Jun 30, 2025
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    MACROTRENDS (2025). California Population 1900-2024 [Dataset]. https://www.macrotrends.net/states/california/population
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    csvAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Jun 30, 2025
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    MACROTRENDS
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Area covered
    California
    Description

    Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the state of California from 1900 to 2024.

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    VT Data - Historical Census Municipal Population Counts 1791-2020

    • hub.arcgis.com
    • geodata.vermont.gov
    • +2more
    Updated Aug 9, 2021
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    VT Center for Geographic Information (2021). VT Data - Historical Census Municipal Population Counts 1791-2020 [Dataset]. https://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/84a286c51ece48488273710e1f49834e
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    Aug 9, 2021
    Dataset authored and provided by
    VT Center for Geographic Information
    License

    MIT Licensehttps://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
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    Description

    Historical population counts for municipalities in the State of Vermont (1791-2020) compiled by the Vermont Historical Society (years 1791-2010) then appended with 2020 Census counts.An attempt was made to convert counts to current town names to allow for analyses of population change of an area over time. The Historical Society notes, “For example, the census numbers from Kellyvale are counted as the town of Lowell because the name was changed in 1831. Cabot is included in Washington County records, even though it was in Caledonia County through the 1850 census.” This does create some issues where there are changes in geography such as boundary changes, annexations, and new incorporations (such as Rutland City splitting off from Rutland Town).The Historical Society collected the data from a variety of sources.The 1791-2010 data was extracted from PDF’s by VCGI Open Data Fellow Kendal Fortney in 2017.

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    Decennial U.S. County Population, 1790-1950, Digitized

    • openicpsr.org
    Updated Mar 10, 2023
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    Wenxuan Cao; Gary Richardson (2023). Decennial U.S. County Population, 1790-1950, Digitized [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.3886/E186141V1
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    Dataset updated
    Mar 10, 2023
    Dataset provided by
    University of California-Irvine
    Authors
    Wenxuan Cao; Gary Richardson
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Time period covered
    1790 - 1950
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    This dataset is a digital compilation of the "Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990" publication and the "Census U.S. Decennial County Population Data, 1900-1990" resource. It provides population data for U.S. states and counties from the years 1790 to 1950. In addition to the county and state population figures, the dataset also includes the total U.S. population and state population data, as presented in the "Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990" publication.

  8. Global population distribution 1800-2100, by continent

    • statista.com
    Updated Jul 4, 2024
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    Statista (2024). Global population distribution 1800-2100, by continent [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1306046/world-population-distribution-by-continent-historical/
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    Dataset updated
    Jul 4, 2024
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    Worldwide
    Description

    Between 1800 and 2021, the total population of each continent experienced consistent growth, however as growth rates varied by region, population distribution has fluctuated. In the early 19th century, almost 70 percent of the world's population lived in Asia, while fewer than 10 percent lived in Africa. By the end of this century, it is believed that Asia's share will fall to roughly 45 percent, while Africa's will be on course to reach 40 percent. 19th and 20th centuries Fewer than 2.5 percent of the world's population lived in the Americas in 1800, however the demographic transition, along with waves of migration, would see this share rise to almost 10 percent a century later, peaking at almost 14 percent in the 1960s. Europe's share of the global population also grew in the 19th century, to roughly a quarter in 1900, but fell thereafter and saw the largest relative decline during the 20th century. Asia, which has consistently been the world's most populous continent, saw its population share drop by the mid-1900s, but it has been around 60 percent since the 1970s. It is important to note that the world population has grown from approximately one to eight billion people between 1800 and the 2020s, and that declines in population distribution before 2020 have resulted from different growth rates across the continents. 21st century Africa's population share remained fairly constant throughout this time, fluctuating between 7.5 and 10 percent until the late-1900s, but it is set to see the largest change over the 21st century. As Europe's total population is now falling, and it is estimated that the total populations of Asia and the Americas will fall by the 2050s and 2070s respectively, rapid population growth in Africa will see a significant shift in population distribution. Africa's population is predicted to grow from 1.3 to 3.9 billion people over the next eight decades, and its share of the total population will rise to almost 40 percent. The only other continent whose population will still be growing at this time will be Oceania, although its share of the total population has never been more than 0.7 percent.

  9. Historical UK population data by country of birth and nationality

    • ons.gov.uk
    • cy.ons.gov.uk
    xls
    Updated Jul 2, 2015
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    Office for National Statistics (2015). Historical UK population data by country of birth and nationality [Dataset]. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationbycountryofbirthandnationality
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    xlsAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Jul 2, 2015
    Dataset provided by
    Office for National Statisticshttp://www.ons.gov.uk/
    License

    Open Government Licence 3.0http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
    License information was derived automatically

    Area covered
    United Kingdom
    Description

    Annual historical data for UK residents by broad country of birth and citizenship groups, broken down by UK country, local authority, unitary authority, metropolitan and London boroughs, and counties.

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    Electric Vehicle Population Size History By County

    • catalog.data.gov
    • data.wa.gov
    Updated Jul 19, 2025
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    data.wa.gov (2025). Electric Vehicle Population Size History By County [Dataset]. https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/electric-vehicle-population-size-history-by-county
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    Jul 19, 2025
    Dataset provided by
    data.wa.gov
    Description

    This shows the number of vehicles that were registered by Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL) each month. The data is separated by county for passenger vehicles and trucks. DOL integrates National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fuel efficiency ratings with DOL titling and registration data to create this information.

  11. Population of Mexico 1800-2020

    • statista.com
    Updated Aug 9, 2024
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    Statista (2024). Population of Mexico 1800-2020 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1066995/population-mexico-historical/
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    Aug 9, 2024
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    Mexico
    Description

    In 1800, the present-day region of Mexico had a population of just over six million people. Mexico gained its independence from the Spanish crown in 1821, and population growth remained steady for the next 85 years. Growth then halted with with the Panic of 1907, an American financial crisis whose ripple effects in Mexico would set the stage for the Mexican Revolution in 1910. This revolution would see population flatline at just over fifteen million between 1910 and 1920, as widespread conflict and result in the death of between 1.7 to 2.7 million over the decade, and the coinciding 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic would see the loss of another 300,000 in this time period. Following the end of both the Mexican Revolution and the Spanish Flu epidemic in 1920, the population of Mexico would begin to increase rapidly as modernization would see mortality rates fall and standards of living rise throughout the country. This growth has continued steadily into the 21st century, and in 2020, Mexico is estimated to have a population of just under 129 million.

  12. Historical Population Models

    • springernature.figshare.com
    7z
    Updated Jun 1, 2023
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    Yu Fang; James W Jawitz (2023). Historical Population Models [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5808741.v1
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    7zAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Jun 1, 2023
    Dataset provided by
    Figsharehttp://figshare.com/
    Authors
    Yu Fang; James W Jawitz
    License

    CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedicationhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    This compressed file contains models developed through ArcGIS Model Builder for reconstructing USA historical population maps, including five models (M1-M5), and the determination of census tract cutoff population, s and d parameter values.

  13. T

    Data from: Vietnam Population

    • tradingeconomics.com
    • ar.tradingeconomics.com
    • +13more
    csv, excel, json, xml
    Updated Oct 10, 2012
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    TRADING ECONOMICS (2012). Vietnam Population [Dataset]. https://tradingeconomics.com/vietnam/population
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    csv, json, excel, xmlAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Oct 10, 2012
    Dataset authored and provided by
    TRADING ECONOMICS
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Time period covered
    Dec 31, 1960 - Dec 31, 2024
    Area covered
    Vietnam
    Description

    The total population in Vietnam was estimated at 101.3 million people in 2024, according to the latest census figures and projections from Trading Economics. This dataset provides - Vietnam Population - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

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    Germany Population

    • tradingeconomics.com
    • de.tradingeconomics.com
    • +13more
    csv, excel, json, xml
    Updated Oct 9, 2012
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    TRADING ECONOMICS (2012). Germany Population [Dataset]. https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/population
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    excel, csv, xml, jsonAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Oct 9, 2012
    Dataset authored and provided by
    TRADING ECONOMICS
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Time period covered
    Dec 31, 1950 - Dec 31, 2024
    Area covered
    Germany
    Description

    The total population in Germany was estimated at 83.6 million people in 2024, according to the latest census figures and projections from Trading Economics. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Germany Population - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

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    Human Population in the Western United States (1900 - 2000)

    • dataone.org
    • datadiscoverystudio.org
    • +1more
    Updated Dec 1, 2016
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    Steven Hanser, USGS-FRESC, Snake River Field Station (2016). Human Population in the Western United States (1900 - 2000) [Dataset]. https://dataone.org/datasets/e4102f83-6264-4903-9105-e7d5e160b98a
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    Dataset updated
    Dec 1, 2016
    Dataset provided by
    United States Geological Surveyhttp://www.usgs.gov/
    Authors
    Steven Hanser, USGS-FRESC, Snake River Field Station
    Area covered
    Variables measured
    FID, AREA, FIPS, STATE, Shape, COUNTY, STFIPS, PC10-00, PC20-10, PC30-20, and 30 more
    Description

    Map containing historical census data from 1900 - 2000 throughout the western United States at the county level. Data includes total population, population density, and percent population change by decade for each county. Population data was obtained from the US Census Bureau and joined to 1:2,000,000 scale National Atlas counties shapefile.

  16. Maryland Historical and Projected Population by Jurisdiction

    • opendata.maryland.gov
    • s.cnmilf.com
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    application/rdfxml +5
    Updated Sep 2, 2014
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    Maryland Department of Planning (2014). Maryland Historical and Projected Population by Jurisdiction [Dataset]. https://opendata.maryland.gov/Planning/Maryland-Historical-and-Projected-Population-by-Ju/nnwx-dpqi
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    csv, json, application/rssxml, xml, application/rdfxml, tsvAvailable download formats
    Dataset updated
    Sep 2, 2014
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Maryland Department of Planninghttps://planning.maryland.gov/
    Area covered
    Maryland
    Description

    Population Projections for Maryland and the jurisdictions - historical population 1970-2010; projections out to 2040. Projections prepared by the Maryland Department of Planning, July 2014

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    Dataset of continent and population of countries per year (Historical)

    • workwithdata.com
    Updated Apr 9, 2025
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    Work With Data (2025). Dataset of continent and population of countries per year (Historical) [Dataset]. https://www.workwithdata.com/datasets/countries-yearly?col=continent%2Ccountry%2Cdate%2Cpopulation
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    Dataset updated
    Apr 9, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Work With Data
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    This dataset is about countries per year. It has 194 rows. It features 4 columns: country, continent, and population. It is 100% filled with non-null values.

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    Evolution of historical male population in Georgia

    • workwithdata.com
    Updated Apr 9, 2025
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    Work With Data (2025). Evolution of historical male population in Georgia [Dataset]. https://www.workwithdata.com/charts/countries-yearly?agg=sum&chart=line&f=1&fcol0=country&fop0=%3D&fval0=Georgia&x=date&y=population_male
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    Dataset updated
    Apr 9, 2025
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    Work With Data
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    This line chart displays male population (people) by date using the aggregation sum in Georgia. The data is about countries per year.

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    Netherlands Population

    • tradingeconomics.com
    • it.tradingeconomics.com
    • +13more
    csv, excel, json, xml
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    TRADING ECONOMICS, Netherlands Population [Dataset]. https://tradingeconomics.com/netherlands/population
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    csv, xml, excel, jsonAvailable download formats
    Dataset authored and provided by
    TRADING ECONOMICS
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Time period covered
    Dec 31, 1960 - Dec 31, 2025
    Area covered
    Netherlands
    Description

    The total population in Netherlands was estimated at 18.0 million people in 2025, according to the latest census figures and projections from Trading Economics. This dataset provides - Netherlands Population - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

  20. Global population 1800-2100, by continent

    • statista.com
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    Global population 1800-2100, by continent [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/997040/world-population-by-continent-1950-2020/
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    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    World
    Description

    The world's population first reached one billion people in 1805, and reached eight billion in 2022, and will peak at almost 10.2 billion by the end of the century. Although it took thousands of years to reach one billion people, it did so at the beginning of a phenomenon known as the demographic transition; from this point onwards, population growth has skyrocketed, and since the 1960s the population has increased by one billion people every 12 to 15 years. The demographic transition sees a sharp drop in mortality due to factors such as vaccination, sanitation, and improved food supply; the population boom that follows is due to increased survival rates among children and higher life expectancy among the general population; and fertility then drops in response to this population growth. Regional differences The demographic transition is a global phenomenon, but it has taken place at different times across the world. The industrialized countries of Europe and North America were the first to go through this process, followed by some states in the Western Pacific. Latin America's population then began growing at the turn of the 20th century, but the most significant period of global population growth occurred as Asia progressed in the late-1900s. As of the early 21st century, almost two-thirds of the world's population lives in Asia, although this is set to change significantly in the coming decades. Future growth The growth of Africa's population, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, will have the largest impact on global demographics in this century. From 2000 to 2100, it is expected that Africa's population will have increased by a factor of almost five. It overtook Europe in size in the late 1990s, and overtook the Americas a few years later. In contrast to Africa, Europe's population is now in decline, as birth rates are consistently below death rates in many countries, especially in the south and east, resulting in natural population decline. Similarly, the population of the Americas and Asia are expected to go into decline in the second half of this century, and only Oceania's population will still be growing alongside Africa. By 2100, the world's population will have over three billion more than today, with the vast majority of this concentrated in Africa. Demographers predict that climate change is exacerbating many of the challenges that currently hinder progress in Africa, such as political and food instability; if Africa's transition is prolonged, then it may result in further population growth that would place a strain on the region's resources, however, curbing this growth earlier would alleviate some of the pressure created by climate change.

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Statista (2007). Historical population of the continents 10,000BCE-2000CE [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1006557/global-population-per-continent-10000bce-2000ce/
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Historical population of the continents 10,000BCE-2000CE

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Dataset updated
Dec 31, 2007
Dataset authored and provided by
Statistahttp://statista.com/
Area covered
Worldwide
Description

The earliest point where scientists can make reasonable estimates for the population of global regions is around 10,000 years before the Common Era (or 12,000 years ago). Estimates suggest that Asia has consistently been the most populated continent, and the least populated continent has generally been Oceania (although it was more heavily populated than areas such as North America in very early years). Population growth was very slow, but an increase can be observed between most of the given time periods. There were, however, dips in population due to pandemics, the most notable of these being the impact of plague in Eurasia in the 14th century, and the impact of European contact with the indigenous populations of the Americas after 1492, where it took almost four centuries for the population of Latin America to return to its pre-1500 level. The world's population first reached one billion people in 1803, which also coincided with a spike in population growth, due to the onset of the demographic transition. This wave of growth first spread across the most industrially developed countries in the 19th century, and the correlation between demographic development and industrial or economic maturity continued until today, with Africa being the final major region to begin its transition in the late-1900s.

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