Increasing world population, illustration

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Illustration of the increase in the world population from around 1600 to 2022. Each y axis line represents one billion. It took until 1800 for the world population to reach one billion. Since then it has risen quickly, hitting eight billion in late 2022.

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Photo credit: © CLAUS LUNAU/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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