Population of the world 10,000BCE-2100
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Updated Aug 7, 2024
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EmailClick to copy linkLink copiedCiteStatista (2024). Population of the world 10,000BCE-2100 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1006502/global-population-ten-thousand-bc-to-2050/Dataset updatedAug 7, 2024Area coveredWorldDescriptionUntil 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.
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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.