Geography Human Growth over last 2000 years(sumamary)

Question	Answer
2000 years ago	world population was about 300 million
1000 years ago	population grew by about 10 million then continued grow by very slowly, falling at parts (plague)
1800	population (in now hics) began to grow and increase more due to the industrial revolution. this improved living standards
1950	Antibiotics were invented increasing life expectancy mainly in Hics creating a rapid increase in population.
1960	Antibiotics invented resulted in a higher life
1970	improvements in birth control helped slow the rate down but as there were so many people on the planet, a population explosion was on the way 1974, 4 billionth baby was born.
today	population just over 7 billion
2050	worlds population expected to reach 9 billion mainly due to growth in Lics and Mics

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	Created by Aidan S.G almost 9 years ago