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  • Age group with the largest population
  • Annual change in GDP, population and CO₂ emissions
  • Annual population growthwith UN projections
  • Birth rate vs. death rate
  • Birth rates and death rates
  • Births and deaths per yearwith UN projections
  • Births per yearwith UN projections
  • Births per year, by world region
  • Child deaths per year
  • Children per woman vs. Natural population growth
  • Children under age 15, by world region1950 to 2100, with UN projections
  • Children under age 5
  • Children under age 5, by world regionwith UN projections
  • Contraceptive prevalence: modern methods vs. any methods
  • Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each yearIHME
  • Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each yearWHO
  • Deaths per yearwith UN projections
  • Deaths per year, by age group
  • England's economy over the long run: GDP per capita vs. population
  • England's economy over the long run: GDP vs. population
  • Historical national accounts estimates of the share of the world's population living on less than $5 per day, by region
  • How do UN Population projections compare to the previous revision?
  • Marriages per 1,000 people
  • Natural population growthwith UN projections
  • Natural population growth rate vs. child mortality rate
  • Natural population growth rate vs. median age
  • Number of deaths, by world region
  • Population1950 to 2100, with UN projections
  • Population10,000 BCE to 2100, with UN projections
  • Populationsince 10,000 BCE
  • Populationsince 10,000 BCE, Marimekko
  • Population
  • Population by age groupStacked area chart
  • Population by age group1950 to 2100, with UN projections
  • Population by age groupBar chart
  • Population by income levelWorld Bank
  • Population by world region10,000 BCE to 2100, with UN projections
  • Population growth ratewith UN projections
  • Population growth rate by level of developmentwith UN projections
  • Population growth rate with and without migration
  • Population of England over history
  • Population of young, working-age and elderlywith UN projections
  • Population of young, working-age and elderly
  • Population, comparison of United Nations projections1950 to 2100, with UN projections
  • Prison population rate
  • Share of births registered
  • Share of global consumption-based CO₂ emissions and population
  • Share of population living on less than $5 per day
  • Share of women using contraceptives
  • The demographic transition in England and Wales
  • The demographic transition in Sweden
  • World population, comparison of UN projections
  • World population, comparison of different historical sources

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