Population I. .
by ; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 2Environment. Publisher: Canada and the World Backgrounder, 2004ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Birth control | Childbirth -- Statistics -- Canada | Childbirth -- Statistics -- Developing countries | China -- Politics and government | China -- Population policy | Cost and standard of living -- Canada | Developing countries -- Social conditions | Food supply | International Conference on Population and Develop | Land degradation | Malthus, Thomas (1766-1834) | Overpopulation | Population -- Economic aspects | Population -- Statistics | Population density | Population forecasting | Quality of life | SlumsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "It took all of recorded history until 1804 for world population to reach one billion; it took another 123 years to reach two billion; by 1960, it hit three billion; 1975, four billion; 1986, five billion; and, in 1999, we crossed the six billion mark." (CANADA AND THE WORLD BACKGROUNDER) This article provides an overview of population growth by examining the world's population growth in a historical context, presenting future population forecasts, and addressing the problems associated with population growth.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Population I, Dec. 2004; pp. 3-31.
"It took all of recorded history until 1804 for world population to reach one billion; it took another 123 years to reach two billion; by 1960, it hit three billion; 1975, four billion; 1986, five billion; and, in 1999, we crossed the six billion mark." (CANADA AND THE WORLD BACKGROUNDER) This article provides an overview of population growth by examining the world's population growth in a historical context, presenting future population forecasts, and addressing the problems associated with population growth.
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