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August 25, 20101918 - Leonard Bernstein
1917 - Mel Ferrer
1930 - Sir Sean Connery
1938 - Frederick Forsyth
1942 - Howard Jacobson
1947 - Ann Archer
1949 - Martin Amis
1954 - Elvis Costello
1956 - Matt Aitken
1961 - Billy Ray Cyrus
1970 - Claudia Schiffer
The world population is the population of humans on the planet Earth. There are currently over six billion people on the planet–we passed the six billion mark on October 12th, 1999! In 2009, the United Nations estimated the population to be 6,800,000,000; current estimates by the United States Census Bureau put the population at 6,855,300,000.
A few more interesting facts: every second five people are born and two people die, for a net gain of three people. But we can’t keep going at that rate; the UN estimates that we’ll take another 120 years to double our population. The population is expected to peak at around 9 billion between the year 2040 and 2050.
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What is the largest city in the world?
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What is a light year and how long is it?
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What’s the largest number?
There is no largest number! Why? Well, 1,000,000,000 (1 billion) can’t be the largest number because 1 billion + 1 is bigger – but that is true for any number…
How many countries are there in the world?
According to the InfoPlease Kids’ Almanac in Yahooligans!, there are currently 190 independent countries worldwide. Russia is the largest country, while Vatican City in Rome is the smallest–it’s less than…
How large is the world in centimeters?
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