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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?

Published on YouTube Nov 4, 2016

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Related content:
Population Connection – http://worldpopulationhistory.org/map…
UN World Population Prospects – https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/
Real-time population counter – http://www.worldometers.info/world-po…
NASA EarthData – https://earthdata.nasa.gov
NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center – http://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