Handout 11 World Population (Wardana)

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World Population
Introductory to Social Science and Culture
Amika Wardana.Ph.D
a.wardana@uny.ac.id

World Population
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It is estimated to number 7.13 billion by the
United States Census Bureau (USCB).

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The world population has experienced
continuous growth since the end of the Great
Famine and the Black Death in 1350, when it
stood at around 370 million.

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The highest rates of growth:
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1950s: 1,8% per year

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1962: 2,2% per year

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2012: 1,1% per year

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The Growth
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Total annual births were highest in the late 1980s at
about 138 million;

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Total annual births are now expected to remain
essentially constant at their 2011 level of 134 million.

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And the deaths number 56 million per year, and are
expected to increase to 80 million per year by 2040.

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The projection of World population is expected to reach
8.3 and 10.9 billion by 2050; and for the year 2150
range between 3.2 and 24.8 billion.

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Population by Continent
Continent

Density

Population

Asia

96.4

4,298,723,000

Africa

36.7

1,110,635,000

Europe

72.9

742,452,000

North America

22.9

565,265,000

Latin America

22.8

406,740,000

Oceania

4.5

38,304,000

Antartica

0.0003

4,490

Population by Countries
Countries

1990

2008

2025

China

1,141

1,333

1,458

India

849

1,140

1,398

United States

250

304

352

Indonesia

178

228

273

Brazil

150

192

223

Pakistan

108

166

226

Bangladesh

116

160

198

Nigeria

94

151

208

Russia

148

142

137

Japan

124

128

126

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