Chart of Arable Land and Population

"In 1960, when the world population numbered only 3 billion, approximately 0.5 hectare of cropland per capita was available, the minimum area considered essential for the production of a diverse, healthy, nutritious diet of plant and animal products like that enjoyed widely in the United States and Europe." — "Soil as an Endangered Ecosystem", David Pimental

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Sources

UN Food and Agriculture Organization, World Bank Data; Arable Land (hectares per person), https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.LND.ARBL.HA.PC;
United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision; https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL;
"Soil as an Endangered Ecosystem", David Pimental, Bioscience; Nov 2000

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