World population growth relaxed after the burst due to the Neolithic Revolution. World population was largely stable, at roughly 60 million, with a slow overall growth rate at roughly 0.03% p.a.Jean-Noël Biraben, "Essai sur l'évolution du nombre des hommes", Population 34-1 (1979), 13–25, estimates 40 million at 5000 BC and 100 million at 1600 BC, for an average growth rate of 0.027% p.a. over the Chalcolithic to Middle Bronze Age.
world population growth relaxed after the burst due to the neolithic revolution world population was largely stable at roughly 60 million with a slow overall growth rate at roughly 003% pajean-noël biraben "essai sur l'évolution du nombre des hommes" population 34-1 (1979) 13–25 estimates 40 million at 5000 bc and 100 million at 1600 bc for an average growth rate of 0027% pa over the chalcolithic to middle bronze age