The World population throughout the centuries is increasing rapidly.
More specifically, while in 1500 the world population was 500 million people, in 1800 reached 1 billion, in 1900 1.65 billion while in 2013 seven billion people are living on the planet.
|
chronology |
world population |
|
1500 |
500.000.000 |
|
1800 |
1.000.000.000 |
|
1900 |
1.650.000.000 |
|
2013 |
7.000.000.000 |
The trend of increasing world population in combination with medical recommendations for human nutrition, leads to a projection for an increased consumption of animal protein by humans of about 50% by 2020.
