Not really, since the growth rate is about half what it was at its peak of 2.2% in 1963.
But still, a milestone was reached yesterday
when the estimated World Population
Passed 6,666,666,666 on Friday.
when the estimated World Population
Passed 6,666,666,666 on Friday.
According to news blurb from slash.dot
it passed 5,555,555,555 about 14 years ago, and
it was only 2 billion people on the planet 80 years ago.
Coincidently, IPv4 internet addresses
will crossed the 666,666,666 mark on friday too.
(If you want to see the world pop. census site
Look Here: http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/popclockworld.html
Look Here: http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/popclockworld.html
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