Estimates of historical world population - Wikipedia
A late human population bottleneck is postulated by some scholars at approximately 70,000 years ago, during the Toba catastrophe, when Homo sapiens population may have dropped to as low as …
What Was Earth’s Population Through History? — History Facts
Jun 6, 2024 · Over the next 15,000 years, as human societies improved, the population increased more rapidly. By 5000 BCE, the world population was at least 5 million, and some estimates go as high as …
Historical Estimates of World Population - Census.gov
Dec 4, 2025 · Population, Selected Papers, December, table 2. Durand, John D., 1974, "Historical Estimates of World Population: An Evaluation," University of Pennsylvania, Population Center, …
World Population by Year - Worldometer
Population growth through history from 5000 BC to the current year (2025) for the entire population of the world
How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth? - PRB
Nov 15, 2022 · The global population milestone of 8 billion people represents nearly 7% of the total number of people who have ever lived on Earth.
Population, 10,000 BCE to 2023 - Our World in Data
Jul 15, 2024 · Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.
From 55,000 to 7 billion | Demography: A Very Short ...
The next 15,000 years saw a dramatic evolution in human economy and society and by 5000 bc the world population reached around 5 million. It took a further 7,000 years for population to reach one …
However, human population has increased tremendously over 5000 years, from 12 million to 8 billion (Adam, 2022). When estimated population sizes are placed on a timeline—as we will do soon—the …