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  2. World population milestones - Wikipedia

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    World population milestones went unnoticed until the 20th century, ... Long-range predictions to 2055 range from a population decline to 3.2 billion in the 'low ...

  3. Estimates of historical world population - Wikipedia

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    Graph of world population over the past 12,000 years . As a general rule, the confidence of estimates on historical world population decreases for the more distant past. Robust population data exist only for the last two or three centuries. Until the late 18th century, few governments had ever performed an accurate census.

  4. Population decline - Wikipedia

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    The recovery of the birth rate in most western countries around 1940 that produced the "baby boom", with annual growth rates in the 1.0 – 1.5% range, and which peaked during the period 1962–1968 at 2.1% per year, [2] temporarily dispelled prior concerns about population decline, and the world was once again fearful of overpopulation.

  5. World population could top out and decline earlier than ... - AOL

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    A United Nations report released last week predicts the world population to top out in 2084, nearly two decades sooner than estimates from 2022. World population could top out and decline earlier ...

  6. World population is projected to grow from 8.2 billion to a ...

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    And gender equality and women’s empowerment can help counter population growth. The world’s population has grown dramatically in the last 75 years, from an estimated 2.6 billion in 1950 to 8 ...

  7. World population - Wikipedia

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    Estimates of world population by their nature are an aspect of modernity, possible only since the Age of Discovery.Early estimates for the population of the world [10] date to the 17th century: William Petty, in 1682, estimated the world population at 320 million (current estimates ranging close to twice this number); by the late 18th century, estimates ranged close to one billion (consistent ...

  8. The world is running out of children, but there's a path forward

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    With only 0.72 children per woman in 2023, its population will dramatically fall from today’s 51 million to as low as 20 million by the end of the century. Will it have enough soldiers to defend ...

  9. List of countries by past and projected future population ...

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    Population of the present-day top seven most-populous countries, 1800 to 2100. Future projections are based on the 2024 UN's medium-fertility scenario. Chart created by Our World In Data in 2024. The following is a list of countries by past and projected future population. This assumes that countries stay constant in the unforeseeable future ...