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

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

By 2050 most of the global population growth will occur in which world region?

Which was NOT a major cause of the population explosion that started with the Industrial Revolution?

When was the first U.S. Census conducted?

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)

In 1950 there were two megacities of over 10 million people (Tokyo and New York City). How many megacities were there in 2016?

A graph of human population growth through history looks most like what letter of the alphabet?

When was the first Earth Day celebrated?

The international community agreed to phase out use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in 1987 to address which problem?

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?