Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1939-04-07 | Page 2 | 2,100,000,000 People

2,100,000,000 People In the 17th century the popula-; popula-; ticn of the world, according to best estimates, was around 450,000,000 people. I Since that time, for reasons that are unknown, humanity took to ; multiplication and the present pop-j pop-j ulaticn is estimated ta include not ;less U.an 2,100,000,000 people. Moreover, More-over, the race continues to multiply, multi-ply, although at a lessened pace, j These figures come from Dr. j Raymond Pearl's book on the "Natural "Nat-ural Hist:ry of Population," whic.a reveals that very little is known about the rise and fall of popula-t.on.