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Historical world population: comparison of different sources

This chart compares estimates of the world population published by different sources.

10,000 BCE19708,000 BCE6,000 BCE4,000 BCE2,000 BCE0McEvedy and Jones (1978)Durand (1974), lowerDurand (1974), upperTuve (1976)Thomlinson (1975), upper