Population on Earth doubles in fifty years.

Interesting point of reference: There are more than twice as many people living on Earth today than there were just fifty years ago. In my lifetime the population of the Earth has more than doubled. This is unprecedented in either the history of mankind or the history of the Earth. What more surprise will the future bring?

In 1960 there were 3.0 Billion people on Earth. Today there are over 7.5 billion. In 1900, there were 2.0 Billion people on Earth and in 0.1 A.D. there were only One Billion people on Earth. The population of Southern California today is greater that the population of the entire Roman Empire in 0.1 A.D.

 We are approaching the rate where the Earth population doubles every twenty years. This obviously cannot go on indefinitely and the "correction" will be painful (to say the least).

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William Schaeffer