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The graph tracks world population from 1804 to 2023, showing it reached 5 billion around 1987, it took 123 years for the population to grow from 2 billion to 3 billion, and it took around 200 years for the population to grow from 1 billion to 7 billion. The population reached 3 billion around 1960 and the billion that took the least time to reach was the one from 6 billion to 7 billion.

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World Population Line Graph

The graph tracks world population from 1804 to 2023, showing it reached 5 billion around 1987, it took 123 years for the population to grow from 2 billion to 3 billion, and it took around 200 years for the population to grow from 1 billion to 7 billion. The population reached 3 billion around 1960 and the billion that took the least time to reach was the one from 6 billion to 7 billion.

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World Population

Look at the graph below which tracks the world population at different points in history.
Answer the questions below.

World Population 1804 - 2023

8 2023
2018
7
2011
Population (in billions)

6
1999
5
1987
4
1974
3
1960
2
1927
1
1804
0

Year

1. When did the world’s population reach five billion?

2. How many years did it take for the population to grow from two billion to three billion?

3. How many years did it take for the population to grow from one billion to seven billion?

4. In what year did the world population reach three billion?

5. Which billion took the least amount of time to reach?


6. How would you describe the pattern or trend of world population from 1804 to 2023?

7. Do you agree or disagree that through history the speed at which the world’s population is
growing is getting faster? Explain your answer with evidence from the graph.

8. Make a prediction of when you think the world’s population will reach nine billion. If
you have time, you could check your prediction against the United Nations Population
Estimates.

Extension

Create a bar graph using the data above.

Remember to:

• give the graph a title;

• give the x- and y-axes titles;

• use an appropriate scale.

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