FIG. 49.1 Growth through time of the human population. Dete from "Hetorical Estinates of worid Populaton, "Linitod Skutes Cansus Bureu Nnernetonal Dato Berse, kast modyted june 2012, hep://www.census. gov/populaton/nternatanat/dotu/warkdpap/hable_httoryphp. 2011 Today, Earth supports more than 7 bilion people. 7 billion 2000- 6 billion 1987- 5 billion 1975- 4 billion It took more than 100,000 years for the human population to reach 1 billion. 1960- 3 billion 1930- 2 billion 1800 5 million 250 million 1 billion 10,000 BCE 5000 BCE Year 1 1000 2000

FIG. 49.1 Growth through time of the human population. Dete from "Hetorical Estinates of worid Populaton, "Linitod Skutes Cansus Bureu Nnernetonal Dato Berse, kast modyted june 2012, hep://www.census. gov/populaton/nternatanat/dotu/warkdpap/hable_httoryphp. 2011 Today, Earth supports more than 7 bilion people. 7 billion 2000- 6 billion 1987- 5 billion 1975- 4 billion It took more than 100,000 years for the human population to reach 1 billion. 1960- 3 billion 1930- 2 billion 1800 5 million 250 million 1 billion 10,000 BCE 5000 BCE Year 1 1000 2000

Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)

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