world population

The chart show’s population growth in richer and poorer countries between 1750 and 2150.

In 1750 the population of the world was less than 0.5 billion. There was about the same amount of population from 1750 to 1850. In 1900 the amount rose up to 1 billion. The population was estimated to be around 2 billion in 1950. From 1950 to 2000 the population increased three times to 6.2 billion. The chart shows that population will be around 10 billion in 2050. In 2100 the population is expected to be 10,5 billion and the population will increase slowly up to 1 billion in 2150.

The graph shows that population tripled between 1950 and 2000. Before that world population growth was steady rather than dramatic.