This graph shows the dramatic change in population over the last 500 years in China, India, Africa, Latin America, Western Europe, and United States. (Note: the dip in 1950 of India’s population was due to the partitioning of India creating Pakistan.)
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See also:
China: 2,000 Years of Income and Population Growth
Last 2,000 years of growth in world income and population
Data estimates for population from Angus Maddison Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Groningen.
Technorati Tags: population, China, India, Africa, Latin America, United States, Western Europe
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Are the population indices along the vertical axis meant to be prefixed with a $ sign?
Nope, I fixed it so the $ should be gone. Thanks!
It seems you didn’t include the Native Americans in you chart. Some estimates put their population somewhere around 500,000 to 1 million before the genocide.