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DescriptionPopulation curve.svg	World human population (est.) 10,000 BC–2000 AD.
Source	originally uploaded to en.wikipedia as Population curve.svg. The data is from the "lower" estimates at census.gov (archive.org mirror).
Author	El T
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Data

year   world population (millions) -10000 4 -8000  5 -7000  5 -6000  5 -5000  5 -4000  7 -3000  14 -2000  27 -1000  50 -750   60 -500   100 -400   160 -200   150 1      170 200    190 400    190 500    190 600    200 700    210 800    220 900    226 1000   310 1100   301 1200   360 1250   400 1300   360 1340   443 1400   350 1500   425 1600   545 1650   470 1700   600 1750   790 1800   980 1850   1260 1900   1650 1910   1750 1920   1860 1930   2070 1940   2300 1950   2400 1960   3020 1970   3700 1974   4000 1980   4430 1987   5000 1990   5260 2000   6070 2000   6500 (July 2)* 2000   6747.5 (October 2)* 2001   7000 (March 15)* 2001   7000.025 (April 21)*  *) Data points as actually plotted in 2012-05-24 revision    (exact X axis values are 2000.5, 2000.75, 2001.2 and 2001.3)    These are probably incorrect.

Sources

Biraben, Jean-Noel, 1980, An Essay Concerning Mankind's Evolution, Population, Selected Papers, December, table 2.

Durand, John D., 1974, "Historical Estimates of World Population: An Evaluation," University of Pennsylvania, Population Center, Analytical and Technical Reports, Number 10, table 2.

Haub, Carl, 1995, "How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth?" Population Today, February, p. 5.

McEvedy, Colin and Richard Jones, 1978, "Atlas of World Population History," Facts on File, New York, pp. 342-351.

Thomlinson, Ralph, 1975, "Demographic Problems, Controversy Over Population Control," Second Edition, Table 1.

United Nations (UN), 1973, The Determinants and Consequences ofPopulation Trends, Population Studies, No. 50., p.10.

United Nations, 1999, The World at Six Billion, Table 1, "World Population From" Year 0 to Stabilization, p. 5, http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/sixbillion/sixbilpart1.pdf

U.S. Census Bureau (USCB), 2008, "Total Midyear Population for the World: 1950-2050", Data updated 12-15-2008, https://www.census.gov\/ipc/www/idb/worldpop.html

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	22:24, 15 August 2017	547 × 332 (10 KB)	Gregor Hagedorn	Updating to 2017/7.5 billion
	09:25, 21 July 2015	550 × 325 (10 KB)	JorisvS	Reverted to version as of 12:45, 24 May 2012: It breaks the text and numbers in the graph
	18:44, 20 May 2015	2,500 × 1,478 (15 KB)	GregKaye	moving to bronze age time scale
	12:45, 24 May 2012	550 × 325 (10 KB)	Spesh531	Adding up to 7 billion, a year is .004 pixels
	10:56, 10 November 2006	550 × 275 (4 KB)	Dangauthier