Population Growth Over The Last 2000 Years

I find these figures amazing. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a graphical representation of them.

A one point to note about the period 1000-1820 is that population growth only really took off when nations began escaping the Malthusian Trap at various intervals after 1700. Thus, in the period 1000-1700, countries experienced significantly lower growth levels than that in 1700-1820. This is hidden by the way the data is presented.

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