Human Population Through Time

Context for Use: 

There is no narration with the video, but text does appear on the screen to explain the images, data and projections. A teacher could easily talk through the video with students and pause for discussion.

Submitted 6 years 8 months ago by Laura Guertin.
Recommended Grade: 
Middle School
High School
Description: 

From the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)  --  It took 200,000 years for our human population to reach 1 billion—and only 200 years to reach 7 billion. But growth has begun slowing, as women have fewer babies on average. When will our global population peak? And how can we minimize our impact on Earth’s resources, even as we approach 11 billion?

The video is available for download at: http://media.amnh.org/sciencebulletins/AMNH_HumanPopulation_DOWNLOAD.mp4

Related content:

Population Connection
http://worldpopulationhistory.org/map/1/mercator/1/0/25/

UN World Population Prospects
https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/

Real-time population counter
http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/

NASA EarthData
https://earthdata.nasa.gov

NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu

 

anthrosphere - humans
biosphere - life