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About 85% of Australians live within 50 km of the coast

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Geography Demographics

Monaco is the most densely populated country on Earth

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The world has roughly half as many babies per woman as in 1950

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Geography Demographics

Global life expectancy has more than doubled in a century

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More than half of humanity now lives in cities

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Over half of humanity lives inside one circle in Asia

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Geography Demographics

Humanity passed 8 billion people in 2022

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12 Oct 1999

Geography Demographics

World Population Reached Six Billion

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31 Oct 2011

Geography Demographics

World Population Reached Seven Billion

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