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| Keywords: Poulation-since-10000BC.jpg Population Figures <br> <br> Notes <br> a At the dawn of agriculture about 8000 B C the population of the world was approximately 5 million http //www worldometers info/population/ World Population Clock <br> a Minimal population for many thousands of years <br> b Steady growth began around 1000 BC which then levelled off or http //www census gov/ipc/www/worldhis html alternatively peaked around the year 0 <br> c Trend for next 800 - 900 years from around 800 AD onwards was steady growth though with major disruption from frequent plague most notably the Black Death from 1350 AD - 1400 AD <br><br> Please see notes regarding the source data and method used for plotting the resulting population dips caused by both the Black Death and later plagues <br><br> d Rate of growth increases significantly from around 1700 AD coinciding with the start of the Industrial Revolution <br> e Dramatic increase in rate of growth since 1950 to approx http //www census gov/ipc/www/popclockworld html 6 7 billion at present and forecast to continue to some 9 billion by 2040 <br> Own work - chart developed based on data found on Population Figures and http //www census gov/ipc/www/worldhis html US Census Historical Estimates BS 2009-01-24 graph Emergency ma Category Population density | ||||
