Correlation analysis of the global population with global CO2 emissions in the years 1880 – 2020.
Evidence of the impact of the global population on the change in CO2 emissions.
Graph of global CO2 emissions growth
Source: https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions#global-co2-emissions-from-fossil-fuels-global-co2-emissions-from-fossil-fuels
Graph of global population growth
Source: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/population?time=1887..latest&country=~OWID_WRL
Graphical overlap of population growth and CO2 emissions. The growth of the world’s population and the
growth of world CO2 emissions are correlated – they are interrelated.
As the global population grows, so do global CO2 emissions over the period.