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Earth's population expected to pass 7 billion sometime in the next several days... -- (link)

Posted by Don Homer (aka DonHomer) Oct 27 '11, 07:28

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http://media.talkingpointsmemo.com/slideshow/2011-world-population- (media.talkingpointsmemo.com)

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i really didn't know we were that close, in my mind it was still 6-something. - Frankenstandie Oct 27, 07:36 9
- am I nuts or do I remember being alive when it was just 3 or 4 billion? -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 27, 07:37 5
  - I hate being late to a thread. - psilotum Oct 27, 08:10
  - or? -- nm - 4,198,574,430 Oct 27, 07:42
  - I don't understand our choice here. -- nm - loosilu Oct 27, 07:40
  - It was 4.4 billion in 1980 -- nm - mara Oct 27, 07:39 1
    - Ok, that's what I thought. Thanks. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 27, 07:41
- I wonder where the most growth is happening. maybe India? -- nm - loosilu Oct 27, 07:36 2
  - Percentage-wise? Africa. Niger, Somalia, Ethiopia, etc. Number-wise? india. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 27, 07:37 1
    - Awesomeness-wise? Moi. -- nm - con_carne Oct 27, 07:39
BBC has a nice little "what number were you" calculator. -- (link) - loosilu, 3,536,764,929 Oct 27, 07:33 10
- 2,695,847,726th -- nm - 2 Geisty for my Zeit Oct 27, 12:02
- 3,010,395,907th -- nm - GregW Oct 27, 08:31
- nice -- nm - sycor killer 4,199,183,902nd Oct 27, 07:49
- 3,700,647,677th -- nm - decline Oct 27, 07:44
- 3,720,542,602nd -- nm - Capstern Oct 27, 07:41
- 3,863,041,392nd! -- nm - LMS Oct 27, 07:40
- Suckers! -- nm - 4,349,728,871st Oct 27, 07:38
- nice -- nm - 4,198,574,430 Oct 27, 07:38
- 4,225,883,955th -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 27, 07:37
- 4,253,782,722nd! -- nm - Don Homer Oct 27, 07:35
(some of these photos are rather sobering.) -- nm - Don Homer Oct 27, 07:32

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