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Population growth estimates from Massimo Livi-Bacci, A Concise History of World Population (London: Basil Blackwell, 1992). Real production estimates by Brad DeLong.
10,000 BC
0
1750
1950
1990
Population (millions) 6
252
771
2530
5292
Annual Growth Rate 0.008%
0.037%
0.064%
0.596%
1.845%
Doubling Time 8369
1854
1083
116
38
Life Expectancy 20
22
27
35
55
Year Asia Europe "USSR" Africa America Oceania World 400 BC 95 19 13 17 8 1 153 0 170 31 12 26 12 1 252 200 AD 158 44 13 30 11 1 257 600 134 22 11 24 16 1 208 1000 152 30 13 39 18 1 253 1200 258 49 17 48 26 2 400 1340 238 74 16 80 32 2 442 1400 201 52 13 68 39 2 375 1500 245 67 17 87 42 3 461 1600 338 89 22 113 13 3 578 1700 433 95 30 107 12 3 680 1750 500 111 35 104 18 3 771 1800 631 146 49 102 24 2 954 1850 790 209 79 102 59 2 1241 1900 903 295 127 138 165 6 1634 1950 1393 395 180 219 330 13 2530 1990 3113 498 289 642 724 26 5292 Population by continent in millions.
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