Population Explosion Characters

• In 1900 the world population was around 2 billion (2000 million). By 2000, it rocketed to about 6 billion.
• In India, population was nearly 350 million at the time of independence. It crossed 1 billion in May 2000. It means every sixth person in the world is an Indian.
• According to the 2001 census report, the population growth rate was still around 1.7% (i.e. 17/1000/year), a rate at which our population could double in 33 years.