Elizabeth Smith

It took 200,000 years for our human population to reach 1 billion—and only 200 years to reach 7 billion. But growth has begun slowing, as women have fewer babies on average. When will our global population peak? And how can we minimize our impact on Earth’s resources, even as we approach 11 billion?

#humans #population #humanevolution #overpopulation

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Related content:

Population Connection

worldpopulationhistory.org/map/1/mercator/1/0/25/

UN World Population Prospects

esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/

Real-time population counter

www.worldometers.info/world-population/

NASA EarthData

earthdata.nasa.gov

NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center

sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu

Video credits:

Writer/Producer

AMNH/L. Moustakerski

Animator

AMNH/S. Krasinski

Sound Design

AMNH/J. Morfoot

Scientific Advisors

AMNH/S. Macey

AMNH/J. Zichello

Center for Biodiversity and Conservation

Images

PhyloPic

David Hillis, Derrick Zwickl, and Robin Gutell, University of Texas

World Population used courtesy of Population Connection, ©2015

Other Population Data Sources

Population Connection

United Nations, “World Population Prospects: 2015 Revision”

US Census Bureau

Maps and Event Sources

Encyclopedia Britannica

Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center

NASA

NOAA

Needham, J. Science and Civilisation in China

TimeMaps

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database

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