Publisher's Synopsis
Explore the History of World Population Growth as never before with John Carl Nelson's fascinating new book, Historical Atlas of the Eight Billion. Based on the recent population estimates and GIS technology, Eight Billion shows how each of the regions and countries of the world compare to each other and over different periods of time. It tells the story of how our population got to where we are todayMaps for each of 32 time periods show: The size of the population in each regionThe changes in each region from the previous periodThe largest countries and largest cities of the world at that timeText for each of the 32 time periods show: A summary of the developments during the periodA list of the largest countries and largest citiesA table of the regions showing percentagesVisually stunning and power-packed with information, Eight Billion is an invaluable reference in this critical time in World Histor
