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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 ...
This is the list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2024 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present.
The world's population is over 8 billion [39] and Earth's total surface area (including land and water) is 510 million square kilometres (197 million square miles). [5] Therefore, the worldwide human population density is 8 billion ÷ 510 million km 2 (197 million sq mi) = 15.7 people/km 2 (41 people/sq mi).
The Day of Five Billion, 11 July 1987, was designated by the United Nations Population Fund as the approximate day on which the world population reached five billion. Matej Gašpar from Zagreb , Croatia (then SR Croatia , SFR Yugoslavia ), was chosen as the symbolic 5-billionth person alive on Earth .
The U.S. Census Bureau estimated that the population of Florida was 21,477,737 on July 1, 2019, a 14.24% increase since the 2010 United States census. [154] The population of Florida in the 2010 census was 18,801,310. [155] Florida was the seventh fastest-growing state in the U.S. in the 12-month period ending July 1, 2012. [156]
This is a list of population milestones by country (and year first reached). Only existing countries are included, not former countries. ... 1.4 billion 2017 2022 - 1 ...
UN estimates (as of 2017) for world population by continent in 2000 and in 2050 (pie chart size to scale) Asia Africa Europe Central/South America North America Oceania. Population estimates for world regions based on Maddison (2007), [29] in millions. The row showing total world population includes the average growth rate per year over the ...
Florida's metropolitan areas and major cities Florida's population density per square mile Florida ancestry map. With a population getting close to 23 million people according to the 2023 US Census estimates, [7] [12] Florida is the most populous state in the Southeastern United States, and the second-most populous state in the South behind ...