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The World: historical review of world population

continent area sq.km. area % pop. 1650 x.mln pop. 1750 x.mln pop. 1850 x.mln pop. 1900 x.mln pop. 1950 x.mln pop. 1980 x.mln pop. 1994 x.mln % 1994
North America 24,350,000 16.2 5 5 39 106 166 252 289 5.1
South America 17,870,000 11.9 8 7 20 38 - - - -
Latin America - - - - - - 166 364 474 8.4
Europe 9,850,000 6.6 100 140 265 400 392 484 509 9.0
Asia 45,070,000 30.1 335 476 754 932 1,368 2,494 3,344 59.2
Africa 30,300,000 20.2 100 95 95 118 281 594 701 12.4
Former USSR - - - - - - 180 266 296 5.2
Oceania 8,550,000 5.7 2 2 2 6 12 23 28 0.5
Antarctica 13,990,000 9.3 - - - - - - - 0.0
World 150,000,000 100.0 550 725 1,175 1,600 2,564 4,478 5,642 100.0
source: Bureau of the Census, U.S. Dept. of Commerce; prior to 1950, Rand McNally & Co.
note: all figures are independently rounded off
note: Latin America includes the Caribbean, and Oceania includes Australia.


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