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World population in 1700 was 600 million, which is a single order of magnitude.
by AndrewGaspar 5y ago
World population in 1700 was 600 million, which is a single order of magnitude.
- Kydlaw 5y agoThank you for checking, I was dubious too about that claim.
- ehmish 5y agoYeah probably should have double-checked that, thanks. You prompted me to double-check my other claim (that land under cultivation didn't increase) and that was wrong too! According to this it's gone up by about 5x https://ourworldindata.org/world-lost-one-third-forests https://ourworldindata.org/world-lost-one-third-forests