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We've got 8.2 billion people on Earth now. VividMaps created some visualizations tracking when countries hit major population numbers. The timing is crazy. China had 20 million people in 1000 BC. Kazakhstan just got there in 2023. 20 Million in the Ancient World Having 20 million people was huge back then. China got there around 1000 BC, which seems impossible when you think about feeding everyone. Persia reached it by 480 BC. Greece by 400 BC. Rome by 60 BC. They'd figured out irrigation and food storage at levels other civilizations couldn't touch. Centuries went by before more countries joined. France around 1100 AD. Mali by 1400. Ancient Mexico around 1250. The 1700s and 1800s saw acceleration. Russia hit it in 1765. Germany in 1770. Japan around 1815, Britain in 1837, the US in 1844. Recent entries? Kazakhstan and Zambia both last year. The Netherlands won't make it until the 2050s, maybe later. 50 Million Needs Industrial Muscle India hit 50 million around 727 BC...