For anyone interested as to when this quiz will be updated next, Uganda will almost certainly be added in the next 12 months when I write. Sudan will take about 3-4 years to achieve it. Algeria will take about 5 years at its current rate.
It's not peculiar to China. Look at world population figures. Population didn't start to explode until the Industrial Revolution. Before 1850 the population of the entire planet was under a billion for all of history, and stayed roughly constant for long stretches.
It's also interesting that even though China reached 50 million much faster than India, they reached 100 million at roughly the same time (1420 for China vs. 1450 for India).
China reached 100 million at about 1100~1200.(no later than 1200, Jin has more than 50 million people, Southern Song has 8000 million people at the same time. And it's estimated that only Northern Song's population was already over 100 million.)
I came across this interesting graph while doing some research a few months ago. If this information is correct, there were a number of centuries-long population plateaus in chinese history, and even some population declines. Some of those no doubt coincide with geopolitical changes, whereby the territory controlled by "China" was smaller during some periods. Nonetheless, it's interesting to note how the graph only really starts to take off over the last few centuries, then becomes near-vertical in the 20th century.
By the way, anyone who's interested in i.e. world population statistics should check out Gapminder. It's a great site for statistics nerds. Also, if you haven't yet seen any videos by Hans Rosling, a Swedish professor specialized in statistics, you should do that. He tells things how they are but does it in an amazingly entertaining way without forgetting actual fact and statistics. Regards, a statistics nerd.
I'm listening to the "History of Byzantium" podcast right now. One thing that is interesting is that the empire struggled with depopulation, due to the plague and other factors. So they would sometimes send raiding parties outside the empire, capture some people, and then force them to resettle in Anatolia in order to repopulate it.
Somehow, I have no idea why. I'm guessing the population was around 800 million at that time and that would be 1/16th of the population, which is a fair amount.
Great quiz. Have got something similar: "Biggest countries of the World by population", and "World's Most Populous Countries - by Continent". If you wish, check them out and comment..
In 500, there was no country called India. In 1916, there was no country called Indonesia. The areas now known as [insert any country here] still existed.
The preliminary results of the 2018 Colombian Census shows we are far from the 50 million initially projected. The current population clock is way off.
I had three left and 30 seconds to go. I got frustrated and started guessing countries. I managed to get Kenya and with a few seconds to go, I randomly picked a country on the top of my mind it was Colombia, how on Earth did they reach 50 mil.
I suspect many more African countries will pass this 50 million mark, and quite a few will join Nigeria, Egypt and Ethiopia above 100 million, but after that we will see a slowing. I doubt we will ever again see a country pass 1 billion and if anything China will drop out of the billion club this century, leaving only India. If any country does make it past a billion again, it'll be Nigeria, but I think given land and resource constraints it will slow down long before it gets there. The USA, Indonesia, Brazil and Pakistan have next to chance. By the 22nd century, I'd expect most countries will see declining populations, barring a drastic and unforeseen change in development patterns. In the developed world only Canada and Australia really have a chance of joining the 50 million club, whilst countries like Italy, Germany and South Korea might drop out of it.
The dates are really confusing to me (。•́︿•̀。), Pakistan and Bangladesh didn't existed as a country in that time but if we take the geographical boundaries then as a part of the whole Indian Subcontinent they should have had reached 50 million at least by 1900 I guess when India reached 50 million by 500 only. Especially Bangladesh which was a part of the Bengal province was highly populated from a long time (despite many famines and disasters). Maybe a source of the dates can be useful. Thanks
http://www.china-profile.com/data/fig_pop_0-2050.htm
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