Bantu-speaking peoples began migrating from present-day Cameroon across sub-Saharan Africa, spreading agriculture, ironworking, and languages over millennia, profoundly reshaping the continent's demography. Source — Wikipedia:
Spread of the "Early Iron Age" in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa, a proxy for the Bantu migrations. Based on K. Shillington, History of Africa (3rd ed. 2005), p. 63. Urewe (Lake Victoria) 250 BCE, Kwale 200 CE, Kisale 300 CE, , Kalundu/Dambwa 100 CE , Kalambo 300 CE, Nkope 300 CE, Gokmere-Ziwa/Bambata 300 CE, presence in South Africa (Kei river) by 400 CE. By Unknown author - East&southern africa early iron age.gif, Public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5444722
1200 BCE
Aryans migrate into Indian subcontinent
Indo-Aryan-speaking peoples migrated into the Indian subcontinent, an event documented in the Rigveda, influencing the region's linguistic and cultural development. Source — Wikipedia:
700 BCE
Trans-Saharan trade routes established
Trans-Saharan trade networks connected West Africa with North Africa and the Mediterranean, facilitating the movement of gold, salt, and enslaved people for over a millennium. Source — Wikipedia:
CROPPED OUT MAT from ORIGINAL to SAVE PIXELS - original Scan produced French National Library Bibliothèque nationale de France Bibliographic detail is at original file: File:Esquisse de l'Afrique centrale et orientale - dressée par P(ier)re Trémaux d'après ses propres voyages et renseignements et ceux de... ; gravé chez Erhard, r(ue) Bonaparte 42 - btv1b8468336v.jpg By Pierre Trémaux - CROPPED mat from “Sketch of Central and Eastern Africa” - original is File:Esquisse de l'Afrique centrale et orientale - dressée par P(ier)re Trémaux d'après ses propres voyages et renseignements et ceux de... ; gravé chez Erhard, r(ue) Bonaparte 42 - btv1b8468336v.jpg, Public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=123517923
500 BCE
Indian Ocean slave trade develops
A maritime slave trade network in the Indian Ocean region connected East Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia, enduring for centuries before and alongside the Atlantic slave trade. Source — Wikipedia:
400 BCE
Silk Road population movements
The Silk Road facilitated not only trade but significant population movements and cultural exchange across Central Asia, including the Xinjiang region, connecting China, India, and the Mediterranean. Source — Wikipedia:
Silk road on a globe with modern-day borders, centred on Kazakhstan By User:Kelvin Case User:Turkish Flame User:SmallJarsWithGreenLabels - File:Kazakhstan (orthographic projection).svg overlaid with vectorised (by my own work) path taken from this bitmap image, per the request of user:CactiStaccingCrane, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=132527200
200 BCE
Han Chinese migration to Xinjiang
The Han dynasty established military agricultural colonies in the Tarim Basin region, initiating waves of Chinese migration into Central Asia that would recur across centuries. Source — Wikipedia:
Map showing the expansion of Han dynasty in 2nd century BC. By SY - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60814987
100 CE
Roman urbanization peaks
The Roman Empire's urban network reached its height, with cities like Rome, Alexandria, and Antioch housing hundreds of thousands, representing one of antiquity's most urbanized societies. Source — Wikipedia:
The Roman Empire (red) and its clients (pink) in 117 AD during the reign of emperor Trajan. By Tataryn - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19625326
700 CE
Arab expansion and migration
Following the rise of Islam, Arab armies and settlers migrated across the Middle East, North Africa, and into Spain, establishing a vast empire and reshaping regional demographics. Source — Wikipedia:
Age of the Caliphs Expansion under Muhammad, 622-632 Expansion during the Rashidun Caliphate, 632-661 Expansion during the Umayyad Caliphate, 661-750 Shows modern borders. By DieBuche - Own work using: http://guides.library.iit.edu/content.php?pid=27903&sid=322018 (archive1, archive2) (via Image:Age_of_Caliphs.png) Image:BlankMap-World6.svg The Times Concise Atlas of World History ed. by Geoffrey Barraclough published by Times Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7230-0274-6 pp. 40-41., Public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10802592
1200 CE
Mongol migrations reshape Eurasia
The Mongol Empire's expansion caused massive population displacement across Eurasia, including forced relocations of skilled craftsmen and entire communities along the Silk Road. Source — Wikipedia:
Map of the Mongol Empire's territorial expansion in 1206-1294. Shows the territory of the Mongol Empire when Genghis Khan unified the tribes, mainly on the Mongolian plateau, including the regions of the Kereit, Naiman and Merkit. By DannamEmpire - Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=162865370
1400 CE
Zheng He's voyages and Chinese diaspora
Ming dynasty maritime expeditions under Zheng He reached Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean, stimulating Chinese migration and trade networks throughout the region. Source — Wikipedia:
This is a photo of a monument in Malaysia, identified by ID By Marcin Konsek - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51927875
1450 CE
Atlantic slave trade begins
Portuguese traders initiated the transatlantic slave trade, eventually forcibly displacing over 12 million Africans to the Americas in one of history's largest forced migrations. Source — Wikipedia:
Reproduction of a handbill advertising a slave auction, in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1769. By Unknown author - https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bf/aa/66/bfaa660a3b297993ea7bf5e3ade3cca4.jpg, Public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18873585
1492 CE
Columbian Exchange transforms populations
European contact with the Americas initiated the Columbian Exchange, causing catastrophic indigenous population decline from disease and triggering European colonization and African forced migration. Source — Wikipedia:
Columbian Exchange transforms populations By Unknown author, Public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=153505656The Columbian Exchange: Crash Course World History #23
1600 CE
Transatlantic slave trade intensifies
European colonial powers dramatically expanded the transatlantic slave trade to supply labor for plantation economies in the Americas, devastating West African societies. Source — Wikipedia:
Reproduction of a handbill advertising a slave auction, in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1769. By Unknown author - https://i.pinimg.com/originals/bf/aa/66/bfaa660a3b297993ea7bf5e3ade3cca4.jpg, Public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18873585
1650 CE
Indian Ocean slave trade expands
The Indian Ocean slave trade grew substantially, with East African enslaved people transported to the Middle East, India, and Indian Ocean islands by Arab, Swahili, and Portuguese traders. Source — Wikipedia:
1700 CE
Chinese diaspora to Southeast Asia grows
Chinese merchants and laborers increasingly migrated to Southeast Asia, establishing communities that would become some of the world's most significant diaspora populations. Source — Wikipedia:
Map of the Chinese people around the world. (The map might include people with Chineses ancestries or citizenship) China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau + 1,000,000 + 100,000 + 10,000 + 1,000 By Allice Hunter - Empty map: File:World map (Miller cylindrical projection, blank).svg Information available on page Overseas Chinese on the English Wikipedia Number of Chinese people living abroad per country: NW, 1615 L. St. Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project Global Migration Map: Origins and Destinations, 1990-2017 (American English)., CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=92600206
1750 CE
European urbanization accelerates
The Industrial Revolution began driving rapid urbanization in Britain and Western Europe, as rural populations moved to cities for manufacturing employment. Source — Wikipedia:
1800 CE
Global population reaches one billion
The world's population reached approximately one billion, marking a demographic milestone after millennia of slower growth. Source — Wikipedia:
This chart shows estimates and probabilistic projections of the total population for the world. The population projections are based on the probabilistic projections of total fertility and life expectancy at birth. These probabilistic projections of total fertility and life expectancy at birth were carried out with a Bayesian Hierarchical Model. The figures display the probabilistic median, and the 80 and 95 per cent prediction intervals of the probabilistic population projections, as well as the (deterministic) high and low variant (+/- 0.5 child). By United Nations, DESA, Population Division - https://population.un.org/wpp/Graphs/Probabilistic/POP/TOT/900, CC BY 3.0 igo, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=121129129
1834 CE
Indian indentured labor diaspora begins
Following abolition of slavery, the British Empire began shipping Indian indentured laborers to Caribbean, Indian Ocean, and Pacific colonies, creating a vast South Asian diaspora. Source — Wikipedia:
1840 CE
Chinese coolie migration starts
Chinese contract laborers were recruited for plantations and mines in the Americas and Southeast Asia, creating migration systems often marked by exploitation akin to slavery. Source — Wikipedia:
Title: [East Indian Women, Men and Children] Creator: Morin, Felix Date: ca. 1890-1896 Part of: Photographs of Jamaica, Trinidad, and Venezuela Place: Trinidad Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver, part of 1 volume (48 prints); 16 x 22 cm on 25 x 30 cm mount File: ag1982_0037_36_opt.jpg Rights: Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the https://sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information, contact degolyer@smu.edu. For more information and to view the image in high resolution, see: http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/lat/id/188 View Latin America and the Caribbean: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/all/cul/lat/ By SMU Central University Libraries - https://www.flickr.com/photos/smu_cul_digitalcollections/13227675614/, Public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53440284
1845 CE
Irish Potato Famine migration
The Great Famine drove over a million Irish people to emigrate, primarily to North America, dramatically reshaping Irish and American demographics. Source — Wikipedia: )
The scene at Skibbereen, west Cork, in 1847. From a series of illustrations by Cork artist James Mahony (1810–1879), commissioned by Illustrated London News 1847. “The first Sketch is taken on the road, at Cahera, of a famished boy and girl turning up the ground to seek for a potato to appease their hunger. ‘Not far from the spot where I made this sketch,’ says Mr. Mahoney, ‘and less than fifty perches from the high road, is another of the many sepulchres above ground, where six dead bodies had lain for twelve days, without the least chance of interment, owing to their being so far from the town.'” By James Mahony - http://seanduke.com/2011/08/08/is-there-a-genetic-memory-of-the-irish-famine-the-holocaust/, Public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24088245Irish Potato Famine | Extra History Complete | Irish History
1860 CE
South Asian coolie migration expands
South Asian indentured laborers were transported to British, French, and Dutch colonies worldwide, creating enduring diaspora communities from Fiji to Guyana. Source — Wikipedia:
1882 CE
US Chinese Exclusion Act passed
The United States enacted the first major law restricting immigration by nationality, banning Chinese labor immigration and reflecting rising anti-immigrant sentiment. Source — Wikipedia:
Obverse of the Great Seal of the United States. By U.S. Government - Extracted from PDF version of Our Flag, available here (direct PDF URL here.), Public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41373752
1900 CE
Latin American urbanization wave begins
Latin American countries began experiencing significant urbanization as industrialization and political instability drove rural-to-urban migration, accelerating through the 20th century. Source — Wikipedia:
1910 CE
Great Migration begins in the US
African Americans began moving in large numbers from the rural South to northern cities, reshaping American demographics and culture over the next six decades. Source — Wikipedia: )
Original Title: Proportion of Negro to Total Population at the Twelfth Census 1900. Six-level map of Black population share of United States population. By United States Bureau of the Census. - Frontispiece of Negroes in the United States (1904), Bulletin 8 of United States Bureau of the Census., Public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38522069The Great Migration and the power of a single decision | Isabel Wilkerson
1915 CE
Armenian genocide displacement
The Ottoman Empire's mass killings and deportations of Armenians created a large diaspora and established one of the 20th century's first major refugee crises. Source — Wikipedia:
"A LONG LINE THAT SWIFTLY GREW SHORTER One of the most striking photographs of the deportations that have come out of Armenia. Here is shown a column of Christians on the path across the great plains of the Mamuret-ul-Aziz. The zaptieths are shown walking along at one side."-Ravished Armenia, p. 10 By Unknown author - File:Ravished Armenia.djvu p. 10 [1], Public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=166474519
1923 CE
Greek-Turkish population exchange
The Treaty of Lausanne mandated a forced population exchange between Greece and Turkey, displacing approximately 1.5 million people on religious grounds. Source — Wikipedia:
Greek-Turkish population exchange By William Neuheisel from DC, US - Kayaköy, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40530991
1947 CE
Partition of India creates mass migration
The partition of British India into India and Pakistan triggered one of history's largest mass migrations, with 14-18 million people displaced and up to two million killed. Source — Wikipedia:
Map "Prevailing Religions of the British Indian Empire, 1909" Key: Pink Hindu Green Muslim Diagonal lines Sikh (small area in Punjab) Yellow Buddhist (Burma and Chittagong Hill Tracts) Blue Christian (Goa) Purple Animist (several inland hilly areas) The Andaman islands are not mapped. By John George Bartholomew - The Imperial Gazetteer of India, Oxford University Press, 1909. Scanned from personal copy and annotated by me (Fowler&fowler«Talk» 04:16, 19 March 2007 (UTC)), Public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2786767India and Pakistan: What was partition? | Al Jazeera Newsfeed
1948 CE
Palestinian Nakba displacement
The 1948 Arab-Israeli War caused the displacement of approximately 700,000 Palestinians, creating a refugee population that remains central to Middle Eastern geopolitics. Source — Wikipedia:
Caption from source: "Palestine refugees initially displaced to Gaza board boats to Lebanon or Egypt, in 1949. Credit: Hrant Nakashian/1949 UN Archives" By Hrant Nakashian - https://imagenes.20minutos.es/uploads/imagenes/2024/10/04/gettyimages-1354487454.jpeg, Public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=168363848
1950 CE
UNHCR established for refugees
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was created to protect and assist refugees, becoming the world's primary institution for displaced populations. Source — Wikipedia:
1951 CE
Refugee Convention defines rights
The 1951 Refugee Convention established the legal definition of a refugee and the principle of non-refoulement, forming the cornerstone of international refugee protection. Source — Wikipedia:
World map of countries that are signatories to the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, as compiled by UNHCR. Parties to only the 1951 Convention Parties to only the 1967 Protocol Parties to both Non-members By Getsnoopy - Own work based on BlankMap-World.svg., CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=85908894
1959 CE
Demographic transition theory formalized
Frank Notestein formalized demographic transition theory, describing the shift from high birth and death rates to low rates as societies modernize, a framework still central to demography. Source — Wikipedia:
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan 2016-2019 https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/jinsui/2.html By Kaj Tallungs - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107393925
1960 CE
African urbanization accelerates
Following independence across Africa, urbanization rates rose sharply as colonial restrictions on movement lifted and rural populations sought economic opportunities in growing cities. Source — Wikipedia:
1960 CE
Global population reaches three billion
The world's population reached three billion, doubling in just over a century as mortality declines outpaced fertility declines in much of the developing world. Source — Wikipedia:
This chart shows estimates and probabilistic projections of the total population for the world. The population projections are based on the probabilistic projections of total fertility and life expectancy at birth. These probabilistic projections of total fertility and life expectancy at birth were carried out with a Bayesian Hierarchical Model. The figures display the probabilistic median, and the 80 and 95 per cent prediction intervals of the probabilistic population projections, as well as the (deterministic) high and low variant (+/- 0.5 child). By United Nations, DESA, Population Division - https://population.un.org/wpp/Graphs/Probabilistic/POP/TOT/900, CC BY 3.0 igo, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=121129129
1962 CE
Algerian War refugees return and flee
Algerian independence caused massive population movements: nearly one million European settlers fled to France, while Algerian refugees returned from neighboring countries. Source — Wikipedia:
Cérémonie de communion solennelle chez des pieds-noirs espagnols à Sidi-Bel-Abbès, début du XXe siècle By Photo familiale - Document familial privé, Public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27252291
1970 CE
Gulf labor migration system emerges
Oil-exporting Gulf states began recruiting large numbers of South and Southeast Asian workers, creating a major labor migration system that reshaped regional demographics. Source — Wikipedia:
crawler crane and tower cranes. lusail al thumama stadium By Suresh Babunair - https://web.archive.org/web/20161030105612/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/99133611, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57605169
1971 CE
Bangladesh liberation war refugees
The Bangladesh Liberation War displaced approximately 10 million people into India, creating one of the largest refugee movements of the 20th century. Source — Wikipedia:
1973 CE
Middle East urbanization oil boom
Oil revenues triggered rapid urbanization across the Middle East, with Gulf states building modern cities populated increasingly by migrant laborers from Asia and Africa. Source — Wikipedia:
1979 CE
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan refugees
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan triggered a refugee crisis that displaced millions to Pakistan and Iran, creating one of the world's longest-standing refugee situations. Source — Wikipedia:
Mujahideen in Kunar, Afghanistan By erwinlux - Private collection; apparently a crop of this image at Flickr, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5310966
1980 CE
China's hukou system and urbanization
China's household registration system began loosening, enabling massive rural-to-urban migration that would move hundreds of millions and create the world's largest urbanization wave. Source — Wikipedia:
1987 CE
Global population reaches five billion
The world's population reached five billion, reflecting continued rapid growth particularly in Asia and Africa despite declining fertility in many regions. Source — Wikipedia:
This chart shows estimates and probabilistic projections of the total population for the world. The population projections are based on the probabilistic projections of total fertility and life expectancy at birth. These probabilistic projections of total fertility and life expectancy at birth were carried out with a Bayesian Hierarchical Model. The figures display the probabilistic median, and the 80 and 95 per cent prediction intervals of the probabilistic population projections, as well as the (deterministic) high and low variant (+/- 0.5 child). By United Nations, DESA, Population Division - https://population.un.org/wpp/Graphs/Probabilistic/POP/TOT/900, CC BY 3.0 igo, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=121129129
1990 CE
Rwandan genocide displacement
The Rwandan genocide killed approximately 800,000 people and displaced over two million, creating one of Africa's largest refugee crises of the century. Source — Wikipedia:
Nyamata Memorial Site, skulls. Nyamata, Rwanda. By Fanny Schertzer - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2529242
1991 CE
Soviet collapse triggers migration
The dissolution of the Soviet Union created massive population movements, with ethnic Russians and other nationalities migrating across newly drawn borders. Source — Wikipedia:
A map of the Soviet Union, with its constituent Soviet Socialist Republics labeled. By Special:Contributions/Saul ip. Derivative work by Σ (talk) - File:USSR map.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17162429
1999 CE
Kosovo War refugee crisis
The Kosovo War displaced nearly one million ethnic Albanians, prompting one of NATO's largest humanitarian interventions and reshaping Balkan demographics. Source — Wikipedia:
Kampi i refugjatëve në Bllacë By ICTY staff - ICTY. Moved to here, Attribution, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=133522479
2003 CE
Iraq War displacement crisis
The US-led invasion of Iraq triggered displacement of millions internally and externally, creating one of the 21st century's first major refugee crises. Source — Wikipedia:
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (November 2003) - U.S. Army (USA) M1A1 Abrams MBT (Main Battle Tank), and personnel from A Company (CO), Task Force 1st Battalion, 35th Armor Regiment (1-35 Armor), 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 1st Armored Division (AD), pose for a photo under the "Victory Arch" in Ceremony Square, Baghdad, Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Hands of Victory monument built at the end of the Iran-Iraq war marks the entrance to a large parade ground in central Baghdad. The hand and arm are modeled after former dictator Saddam Husseins own and surrounded with thousands of Iranian helmets taken from the battlefield. The swords made from the guns of dead Iraqi soldiers, melted and recast into the 24-ton blades. By Technical Sergeant John L. Houghton, Jr., United States Air Force - https://arcweb.archives.gov/, Public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1300600
2008 CE
Global urban majority reached
For the first time in history, more than half of the world's population lived in urban areas, a demographic milestone driven by urbanization in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Source — Wikipedia:
航拍广州塔 By Tim Wu - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=120255752
2011 CE
Syrian refugee crisis begins
The Syrian civil war created one of the largest refugee crises since World War II, displacing over 11 million people and reshaping migration patterns across the Middle East and Europe. Source — Wikipedia:
Syria's war: Who is fighting and why
2011 CE
Global population reaches seven billion
The world's population reached seven billion, with growth increasingly concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Source — Wikipedia:
This chart shows estimates and probabilistic projections of the total population for the world. The population projections are based on the probabilistic projections of total fertility and life expectancy at birth. These probabilistic projections of total fertility and life expectancy at birth were carried out with a Bayesian Hierarchical Model. The figures display the probabilistic median, and the 80 and 95 per cent prediction intervals of the probabilistic population projections, as well as the (deterministic) high and low variant (+/- 0.5 child). By United Nations, DESA, Population Division - https://population.un.org/wpp/Graphs/Probabilistic/POP/TOT/900, CC BY 3.0 igo, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=121129129
2015 CE
European migration crisis peaks
Over one million migrants and refugees crossed into Europe, primarily from Syria, Afghanistan, and Africa, testing European asylum systems and reshaping political landscapes. Source — Wikipedia:
European migrant crisis. Asylum applicants in Europe between 1 January and 30 June 2015. By Maximilian Dörrbecker (Chumwa) - Own work, using data and information from these web sites: Eurostat dataset migr_asyappctzm (direct download) Eurostat dataset tps00001 (direct download) FRONTEX Migratory Routes Map This base map by alexrk, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=43280936
2017 CE
Rohingya refugee crisis
Myanmar's military operations against the Rohingya drove over 700,000 refugees into Bangladesh, creating the world's largest refugee camp. Source — Wikipedia:
Aerial view of a burned Rohingya village in Rakhine state, Myanmar - September 2017 By Zlatica Hoke (VOA) - Screenshot from the source video by Voice of America, Public domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=66795481
2022 CE
Ukraine war displacement crisis
Russia's invasion of Ukraine displaced over 14 million people, creating Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. Source — Wikipedia:
Bucha after Russian invasion of Ukraine, President Zelensky By Oleksandr Ratushniak - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bucha_after_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine,_President_Zelensky_2.jpg, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=193573733
2022 CE
Global population reaches eight billion
The world's population reached eight billion, with demographic growth now heavily concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa while many countries experienced population decline. Source — Wikipedia:
This chart shows estimates and probabilistic projections of the total population for the world. The population projections are based on the probabilistic projections of total fertility and life expectancy at birth. These probabilistic projections of total fertility and life expectancy at birth were carried out with a Bayesian Hierarchical Model. The figures display the probabilistic median, and the 80 and 95 per cent prediction intervals of the probabilistic population projections, as well as the (deterministic) high and low variant (+/- 0.5 child). By United Nations, DESA, Population Division - https://population.un.org/wpp/Graphs/Probabilistic/POP/TOT/900, CC BY 3.0 igo, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=121129129
2024 CE
Global displacement hits record high
The number of forcibly displaced people worldwide surpassed 120 million, driven by conflicts in Sudan, Gaza, Ukraine, and other crises, marking the highest level ever recorded. Source — Wikipedia:
Syrian and Iraqi refugees arrive from Turkey to Skala Sykamias, Lesbos island, Greece. Volunteers (life rescue team - with yellow-red clothes) from the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms help the refugees. By Ggia - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45246844
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