HISTORY
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Roughly 30 million
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Roughly 35 million
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Roughly 40 million
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Roughly 45 million
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Detailed explanation-1: -The average life expectancy was around age 40. Britain had a population of over 30 million people. Now over 80% of the population now lived in overcrowded towns and cities. Urbanisation was beginning.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1800, when the Industrial Revolution began, there were approximately 1 billion people on Earth. Continued agricultural expansion and extraction of fossil fuels and minerals led to rapid global economic growth and, in turn, population growth in the 19th century.
Detailed explanation-3: -With the Industrial Revolution gathering steam, the global population growth rate jumped from around 0.02% per year in the early 1400s to 0.23% in 1600 and then 0.33% in the mid-1700s. By 1970, it peaked at about 2% per year, and began its return to the norm.