As of October 31, there are 7 billion people sharing Earth’s land and resources, according to the UN Population Fund.
Child numbering 7 billion is born in Manila according to the United Nations. There is also a controversy in this issue, as a child born in Lucknow at 7.22 Am is claimed as 7 billion child. According to demographers, the world’s population did not reach 1 billion until 1804 and it took 123 years to hit the 2 billion mark in 1927. Then the pace accelerated – 3 billion in 1959, 4 billion in 1974, 5 billion in 1987 and 6 billion in 1998.
By 2050, an estimated 2.3 billion more people will be added – nearly as many as inhabited the planet in 1950. And by 2100, as many as 15.8 billion humans could be on Earth, according to the United Nations.