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World population with and without synthetic nitrogen fertilizers

Estimates of the global population reliant on synthetic nitrogenous fertilizers, produced via the Haber-Bosch process for food production. Best estimates project that
just over half of the global population could be sustained without reactive nitrogen fertilizer derived from the Haber-Bosch process.

1900201519201940196019802000World population supported without synthetic fertilizerWorld population fed by synthetic fertilizerWorld population