Human Population Through Time (Updated in 2023) #datavisualization

I felt like I was experiencing an extremely unsafe level of radiation exposure

I remember being a kid in the early 2000s and hearing that there were only 6 billion people on the earth. Crazy how fast it can go

I find it interesting that in only 6/7 years, the predictions for the world population during the next century have changed so much, from peaking at over 11 billion to some people predicting peaks at under 10 billion, really shows us how much things can change in the world of demographics

Human population has more than doubled in my lifetime. Crazy to think about.

We humans haven't actually witnessed any large continental drift. Those timelines, distances and numbers are really hard to fully grasp. Thank you very much!

It is hard to believe that we have 8 billion individuals on Planet Earth...that is mind blowing!! 😳🤯

When I went to primary school I was told we were 6 billion. 2 billion more humans in 30 years, counting all the ones we have lost is just an absurd number, damn.

The 20th century was insane--the population nearly quadrupled in a single century (from 1.6B to 6.1B). Compare that to, say, 300-1300 AD, when it took a whole millennium for the human population to double.

[Pointing at the screen when it gets to today] There I am, THERE I AM!

I've been using this magnificent video in my social studies classes, and I really appreciate you've updated it. Thank you so so much!

Whole of India is yellow in the last frame😂

When I was a sophomore in college, world population topped 4 billion for the first time. I'm not all that old now (compared to your typical redwood tree). It's taken about 40 years to double to near 8 billion. Declining birth rates across Europe, Canada, US, Japan, and China are at the tipping point of an avalanche of population distribution changes. In a way it will all come down to a decades old question: "Today it's oil. Tomorrow it will be water. What lengths will a government go to to make sure it has enough?" A hint may be in the excellent 1975 film, "3 Days of the Condor". Also worth watching for the cutting edge technology in use in the film.

I cannot believe we’re actually at 8 billion by now. The last time I checked it was around 7.8 billion.

I visualized more in this infographic than if read a whole article, new generations are lucky to have this level of sophistication.

It's really great that you updated this! I really liked the last one but the projections have changed drastically!

It always occurred to me that the discovery and mass production of penicillin has to be a huge factor in the world’s growth population. About 1942. It makes more sense as a milestone than World War II. Anyhow the video it’s very nice. Thanks

crazy to think there are more people on the internet than have been alive for most of human history

Great way of presenting the numbers. Some labels that could have been included are one for the Inca Empire in South America when it was at its peak, one noting the "indigenous population steep decline due to European diseases" in the Americas during the 1500s, and one noting the introduction of modern medicine.

In India population growth rate is declining already since last 10 years. Despite people live minimalistically due to cultural or economic reasons, resources felt limited. And the public is demanding a strict 2 child policy to control poor having more than 2 children. Don't be sad when you see a declining population. You don't know the headache of living within too much crowd. The rat race, high property prices, lower wages, cut-throat competition, less clean conditions, etc

It's amazing how far we've come in just a span of 200 years