7 Billion: How Did We Get So Big So Fast?

It was just over two centuries ago that the global population was 1 billion — in 1804. But better medicine and improved agriculture resulted in higher life expectancy for children, dramatically increasing the world population, especially in the West.

As higher standards of living and better health care are reaching more parts of the world, the rates of fertility — and population growth — have started to slow down, though the population will continue to grow for the foreseeable future.

U.N. forecasts suggest the world population could hit a peak of 10.1 billion by 2100 before beginning to decline. But exact numbers are hard to come by — just small variations in fertility rates could mean a population of 15 billion by the end of the century.

Produced by Adam Cole
Cinematography by Maggie Starbard

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[annabelleraddie]

So Australia isn't included in this? Cheers Buddy

[Sam Fields]

"Lots of babies." my favorite part. LOLOLLOLOLOLOOLOLOL

[justgivemethetruth]

7 billion is 4 billion too many,

and experts don't know what they are talking about, they just know who is paying them.

[Earl Leonard]

No there isn't

[n0t0ri0usbigd]

How did we get so big and so fast? Nigs and Mexicans not using rubbers...

[nonsexysecretary]

Training. Unit ready. Training. Unit ready. Training. Unit ready.

[Andrew Fogg]

That was nicely done!

[CodenameBourbon]

Don't you mean, mate?

[invadersquib]

It is, Google population crash, its happened before (Easter Island) It will happen again. All things that have a beginning have an end.

[Excryption Lawliet]

All we need is another world war to reduce us back to a billion.

[P0P53H]

hahaha

[shiney94]

According to my microbiology lecturer the average age of human life is about to drop massively due to resistant strain of microbes. So you could expect the human population number to be balanced.