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  2. 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.

  3. 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 ...

  4. World population milestones - Wikipedia

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    World population milestones went unnoticed until the 20th century, ... Country/nationality Population Born (date) Name Notes Foot-notes Munich: 1m: 15 December 1957:

  5. World population - Wikipedia

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    Many countries in the developing world have experienced extremely rapid population growth since the early 20th century, due to economic development and improvements in public health. China's population rose from approximately 430 million in 1850 to 580 million in 1953, [ 51 ] and now stands at over 1.3 billion.

  6. Demographics of the world - Wikipedia

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    The world population more than tripled during the 20th century from about 1.65 billion in 1900 to 5.97 billion in 1999. [16] [17] [18] It reached the 2 billion mark in 1927, the 3 billion mark in 1960, 4 billion in 1974, and 5 billion in 1987. [19] The overall population of the world is approximately 8 billion as of November 2022.

  7. Population and housing censuses by country - Wikipedia

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    The first population census of Bolivia was carried out in 1831 and four years later the second census was carried out in 1835, the third in 1845, the fourth in 1854 and finally the fifth census was in 1882, this being the last 19th century census. During the 20th century, Bolivia only carried out four censuses; the first at the beginning of the ...

  8. List of countries by population (United Nations) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. List of countries and dependencies by population - Wikipedia

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    Cartogram of the world's population in 2018; each square represents 500,000 people. This is a list of countries and dependencies by population.It includes sovereign states, inhabited dependent territories and, in some cases, constituent countries of sovereign states, with inclusion within the list being primarily based on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.