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Top 10 facts about population TODAY is World Population Day which is celebrated on July 11 following the interest created on that date in 1987 when the world population reached five billion. By WILLIAM HARTSTON 00:01, Mon, Jul 11, 2016 | UPDATED: 11:32, Mon, Jul 11, 2016
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The world population was six billion in 1999 and it is currently 7.43 billion
1. The world population was six billion in 1999 and seven billion in 2011. It is currently 7.43 billion. 2. Until 1804, the world population was below a billion. It reached two billion in 1927, three billion in 1960 and four billion in 1974. 3. China (1.38 billion) and India (1.33 billion) have the highest populations which means that half the world’s population is Chinese or Indian.
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