Use the data in the table below to graph the growth of the ...



Use the data in the table below to graph the growth of the human population from the year 0 AD to the present. Extend your line to the year 2250 and draw a line that represents the projected growth for three possibilities:

The population achieves zero population growth in the year 2009 (ZPG @ 2009)

The population continues to grow at the present rate (present rate)

• The population continues to grow as predicted by the data in the graph. Based on the UN predictions, at approximately what year would the population achieve stabilization?

Label each line. Be sure that your graph includes a title, the axes are labeled, units are indicated, the scales are consistent and the graph is neat and easily readable. DO NOT use a discontinuous scale!

|Year |Population in billions |

|0 |0.30 |

|1000 |0.31 |

|1250 |0.40 |

|1500 |0.50 |

|1700 |0.60 |

|1750 |0.79 |

|1800 |0.98 |

|1804 |1.00 |

|1850 |1.26 |

|1900 |1.65 |

|1920 |1.86 |

|1927 |2.00 |

|1940 |2.30 |

|1950 |2.52 |

|1960 |3.00 |

|1970 |3.70 |

|1974 |4.00 |

|1980 |4.44 |

|1987 |5.00 |

|1990 |5.27 |

|1999 |6.00 |

|2009 |6.70 |

|2020 |7.50 |

|2040 |8.58 |

|2050 |8.91 |

|2100 |9.46 |

|2150 |9.75 |

|2250 | |

Source: United Nations Population Division

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