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Interactive World Population History

Provided by: Population Education |Published on: November 26, 2025
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Synopsis

  • In this resource from Population Education, students will analyze an interactive map and timeline, showing how the global population has grown over time.
  • The timeline also shows key events that happened over time in the areas of food and agriculture, health, science and technology, people and society, and the environment.
  • Students can also toggle overlays to explore emissions, land use, fertility rates, urbanization, and life expectancy.
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Subjects: Biology, History
Authors: Population Education
Region: Global
Languages: English

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Population Education
Population Education provides K-12 teachers with innovative, hands-on lesson plans and professional development to teach about human population growth and its effects on the environment and human well-being. Human population has grown from 1 billion to 8 billion in just over 200 years, so it is critical to examine human impacts on wildlife, climate, and natural resources while working toward equality and justice for the world’s people. Through memorable, standards-aligned classroom activities like simulations, cooperative challenges, and debate, Population Education inspires students to tackle a variety of real-world problems and to become positively engaged in their communities as the next generation of leaders and policy makers.

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