The Increase in Population
It took from | To reach |
Neolithic Age to birth of Christ (10,000 years) | 300 million |
Birth of Christ to 1650 (1650 years) | 500 million |
1650 to 1850 (200 years) | 1 billion |
1850 to 1925 (75 years) | 2 billion |
1925 to 1962 (37 years) | 3 billion |
1962 to 1975 (13 years) | 4 billion |
1975 to 1987 (12 years) | 5 billion |
1987 to 1999 (12 years) | 6 billion |
1999 to 2012 (13 years) | 7 billion |
You can watch the world's population count increasing in real time at: https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/
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