The Historical Developement Of The World's Population

1.1 (1865) World's population until the industrial Revolution

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From the Neolithic Revolution onwards, when humans became sedentary and started to develope agriculture, livestock farming, mining, trade and social organisation.

1.1 (1200) Population grew

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After the Black Death epidemic in 14th ,which killed millions of people, the world's population slowly recovered. In 1650 there were 516 million inhabitants, in (1750) before the industrial Revolution, 791 million.

1.2 The World's population between the 19th and 21st centuries

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The industrial Revolution, wich began in the 18th century and developed significantly during the middle of the 19th century, was a great force for change behind the growth and transformation of human society. As the birth rate increased and the mortality rate decreased, the world's population started to grow at a faster rate. In 1800 there were 890 million people on Earth and in 1900 this figure had reached 1.2 billion. The population doubled within 100 years

1.2 The World's population between the 19th and 21st centuries

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In 1950 there were 2.5 billion people in the world (even though the world population experienced two World Wars that caused many deaths and widespread destruction, and world epidemics such as the 1918-1920 flu epidemic). From then on, the rate at wich the population grew rapidly accelerated and reached 6 billion people in 2000. Although the growth has recently not been so fast, the population exceeded 7.3 billion in 2015 and it is predicr¡ted to be over 8 billion in 2025