Human Georgraphy- world population growth
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- Created on: 11-06-14 17:18
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World population growth
- the worlds population is growing rapidly
- it took until 1804 to reach the first billion
- the second billion took 123 years and the third billion took only 32 years
- in 12 years, from 1987 to 1999, the population grew from 5 billion to 6 billion
- it is expected to reach 7 billion in 2011
- the latest prediction from demographers- the people who study population- is that the world population will level off at 8-10 billion around 2050
changing population
ninety-five pe rcent of all population growth since 1950 has been in low-income countries, especially in the very poorest countries. this is because…
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