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Why has population growth dramatically increased over the past few centuries?
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∙ 14y ago
The world's population has increased dramatically in recent centuries. Several factors have contributed to this growth. Modern technology has helped food production to increase. Improved medical care, meanwhile, has enabled people to live much longer. The overwhelming growth rate poses a special problem for poorer countries and poses a difficult challenge for the world as a whole.
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∙ 11y agoThe population has increased due to better health care, clean water, vaccinations, antibiotics, better food, and hygiene.
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The growth of colonial society in 1700 to 1770 was mainly due to what?
the population of the English colonies grew dramatically in 1700s because the number of Europeans living in the colonies rose from about 250,000 in 1700 to 2.5 million in 1775---a tenfold increase.
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