Posted by saturn on May 28, 2006, at 11:36:03
In reply to Re: more people alive today than have ever died--ever! » saturn, posted by Larry Hoover on May 28, 2006, at 11:26:48
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> > Has anyone heard this? It baffles my mind.
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> I'm glad you're baffled. But it's true. Population grows as the function e. If you know e, from mathematics.I've also heard that the human population quadrupled for the first time during the 20th century.
The world population reached 6 billion in 1999. It is now 6.5 billion and projected to reach 7 billion in 2013!
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