World Population Growth, 1800-2100

a free-verse bar-graph, in non-proportional font

1800  This
  10  poem
  20  says
  30  more
  40  than
1850  even
  60  wordy
  70  opuses
  80  usually
  90  can since
1900  it also is 
  10  a bar graph,
  20  and a picture
  30  is typically worth
  40  ten thousand words.
1950  The length of each line displays the
  60  increase, in millions, of the population of
  70  the world during the decades indicated on the left.
  80  (Do you find your eyes get tired cruising all the letters
  90  running up to now?)  WE CERTAINLY DO LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES.
2000  Perhaps more interesting (or scary) is the fact that almost
  10  all this growth is taking place in less-developed nations:
  20  growth of more-developed ones is shown by orange
  30  color text.  I got this information from
  40  the Population Reference Bureau
2050  Population Bulletin
  60  vol.41; no.2
  70  graph 2
  80  page
  90  4
2100  .
      0     10     20     30     40     50     60     70     80     90
      Average Annual Increase (in millions), by Decade


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