![]() The growth rate peaked at 2.2% in 1963, and had declined to 1.1% by 2009. ![]() The highest rates of growth – global increases above 1.8% per year – were seen briefly during the 1950s, and for a longer period during the 1960s and 1970s. The world population has experienced continuous growth since the end of the Great Famine and Black Death in 1350, when it stood at around 370 million. According to a separate estimate by the United Nations, it has already exceeded 7 billion. As of today, it is estimated to be 6.976 billion by the United States Census Bureau. The world population is the total number of living humans on the planet Earth. World population estimates from 1800 to 2100, based on UN 2004 projections ( red, orange, green) and US Census Bureau historical estimates ( black).
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