Talk:World population
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copyedit: It seems to me more accurate to say:
- world population reached 6 billion on 12 october 1999
than:
- 12 October 1999 is the approximate day on which the the six billionth baby was born, somewhere in the world
The second phrase implicitly says : "counting from the first baby born in the history of mankind".
It is generally estimated that about 60 billion man lived so far.
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Precision
- This figure is deceptively precise...
Is it absolutely necessary to first make an untrue claim and then explain that it is untrue? Would it not be better to give the number rounded to the nearest million and then parenthetically provide specific reported numbers along with dates? Fredrik | talk 01:35, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- also, if this number is constantly changing by the second, shouldn't there be an indication of when this number was posted?
Early N. American populations
How can the population of North America in 1750 possibly be 2000?? Surely there were many, many more Native Americans living there than that. Are these figures counting only European descendents?
I would assume that the values in the table are 1,000's, though it's not mentioned at all.
Oh yeah, you're right.
Definition of North America
Can anyone clarify "North America" to show that it means only the 2 large countries of the United States and Canada rather than the whole continent?? Georgia guy 15:22, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Table
19:04, Mar 6, 2005 Eleassar777 m (Population is not given in thousands in the table.)
It has to be. It states World population anno 2005 to be 6453628 — slightly less than 6.5 millions. Bogfjellmo 18:16, Mar 6, 2005 (UTC)
- Yes, you're right. I made a mistake. Sorry and happy editing! --Eleassar777 19:28, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)
In the "Different Continents" section, BOTH the vertical axis of the chart AND the population figures in the table are in thousands!
Unclear picture
In the Image:AreaPerCapita_500_BC_to_2050_AD.PNG, there is a clear dip indicated by a vertical line. However, there is no indication of what year this line corresponds to, nor what event triggered it (collapse of the roman empire maybe?)
UnHoly 16:08, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
