World Population Knowledge Quiz

Are you a Population Powerhouse or just a Demographic Dabbler? Take the World Population Knowledge Quiz to test your understanding of human history and the impacts of population growth.

Question 1 of 10

Our planet is in “overshoot.” It would take 1.7 Earths to sustain our current population. How many Earths would it take by 2050 if current resource consumption trends continue?

Which country’s population is expected to decline between now and 2050?

Place these population milestone events in chronological order.

  • Pollution control in England
  • Invention of canning
  • Compound microscope invented
  • World’s population reaches 3 billion

Which of these is not considered a “lifestyle disease” that affects life expectancy?

When was the first Earth Day celebrated?

Without further action to protect coral reefs from the effects of climate change and other environmental threats, the World Wildlife Fund projects how much of the reefs would be lost by 2033?

Which is the largest sector for the employment of women worldwide?

During the late 1950s at the height of the Baby Boom in the U.S., what was the national fertility rate (number of children per woman average)

What is the replacement level fertility rate (rate at which a country will maintain the size of its current population)?

What did German chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch invent in the early 20th century that enabled significant population growth in the following decades?