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Population of the earth

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  • 29-10-2011 2:45pm
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    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,080 ✭✭✭✭


    Here's an interesting little gizmo http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15391515
    Apparently there were just under 2 and a half billion people on earth when I was born, and tomorrow it is estimated there will be 7 billion. That's some jump!


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    Ramette
    Registered Users Posts: 1,303 ✭✭✭Ramette


    Good lord 3.6bn when i was born... !
    trying to fathom a figure of 7bn is just.... beyond my comprehension...


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    chucken1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭chucken1


    When you were born, you were the:3,271,887,343rd :cool:

    Population 3,268,896,000 when I was born.
    (I cant even say that number :pac:)


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    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users Posts: 14,545 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    I feel so proud, I was the 3,411,641,876th arse slapped, the Doc must have had a sore wrist....


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    Corsendonk
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    The latest thinking is that the human population will peak at 11 billion as people get more educated and comfortable living outways having large families. Already the birth rates in some of the south asian nations have declined in the last 20 years since they moved from developing to developed nations.


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    Rubecula
    Registered Users Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    chucken1 wrote: »
    When you were born, you were the:3,271,887,343rd :cool:

    Population 3,268,896,000 when I was born.
    (I cant even say that number :pac:)

    In "proper" language it is Three thousand two hundred and sixty eight million,eight hundred and ninety six thousand.

    in "modern" it is three billion two hundred and sixty eight million, eight hundred and ninety six thousand.

    Signed a silly Rube


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