Demographics of the world
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title:
Demographics of the world
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Earth has a human population of over 8 billion as of 2024, with an overall population density of 50 people per km. Nearly 60% of the world's population lives in Asia, with more than 2.8 billion in the countries of India and China combined. The percentage shares of China, India and rest of South Asia of the world population have remained at similar levels for the last few thousand years of recorded history. The world's literacy rate has increased dramatically in the last 40 years, from 66.7% in
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Global human population statistics
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_world
date created:
2011-09-30T02:57:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T18:05:56Z
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