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        Continental Populations (400BCE-1990, data in millions)

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        YEAR     ASIA     EUROPE   USSR     AFRICA   AMERICA  OCEANA   WORLD
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        400 BCE        95       19       13       17        8        1      153
               0      170       31       12       26       12        1      252
             200      158       44       13       30       11        1      257
             600      134       22       11       24       16        1      208
            1000      152       30       13       39       18        1      253
            1200      258       49       17       48       26        2      400
            1340      238       74       16       80       32        2      442
            1400      201       52       13       68       39        2      375
            1500      245       67       17       87       42        3      461
            1600      338       89       22      113       13        3      578
            1700      433       95       30      107       12        3      680
            1750      500      111       35      104       18        3      771
            1800      631      146       49      102       24        2      954
            1850      790      209       79      102       59        2    1,241
            1900      903      295      127      138      165        6    1,634
            1950    1,393      395      180      219      330       13    2,530
            1990    3,113      498      289      642      724       26    5,292

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        Livi-Bacci, Massimo. Translated by Carl Ipsen
        Concise History of World Population. Cambridge: Blackwell Press
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