Do you know how many people are in the world today? [VIDEO]

I know they edit these videos to show only the most ridiculous answers/answerers, but really? They have that little of a clue?

How many of you knew that we'd hit 7 billion before the end of the year?

http://www.grist.org/population/2011-05 ... tion-video
Do you know how many people are in the world today? [/b] by Lisa Hymas 7 May 2011 [quote]As Population Action International [url=http://www.populationaction.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;]http://www.populationaction.org/[/url] explains in this video, the world population will hit 7 billion this fall -- on Oct. 31, to be specific. At least that's the date the U.N. has specified, [url=http://www.grist.org/population/2011-05-03-world-population-projected-to-hit-7-billion-on-oct.-31-says-un" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;]http://www.grist.org/population/2011-05 ... 31-says-un[/url] maybe because it's scary -- mwah-hah-hah. But seriously, the U.N.'s latest population projections are scary. [url=http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;]http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm[/url] Many demographers have been projecting that human numbers will stabilize at about 9 billion in 2050, but the U.N.'s new, more realistic analysis says the population could in fact keep on growing and hit 10.1 billion by 2100. That's in part because there are still 215 million women around the world who want to avoid or delay pregnancy [url=http://www.who.int/gho/maternal_health/reproductive_health/family_planning/en/index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;]http://www.who.int/gho/maternal_health/ ... index.html[/url] but don't have good access to effective birth control, and the U.N. seems to have grown more pessimistic about remedying that situation any time soon. While milestones like 7 billion focus the mind, big numbers don't begin to tell the whole story.[/quote] Frankly, I highly doubt that it'll even come close to 10 billion, but I expect 8 and figure 9 is likely before overcrowding, poor sanitation, and fighting over increasingly scarce food, water, and energy resources decimates the world population significantly. What are your thoughts?[VIDEO] [/b]
by Lisa Hymas
7 May 2011

As Population Action International http://www.populationaction.org/ explains in this video, the world population will hit 7 billion this fall -- on Oct. 31, to be specific. At least that's the date the U.N. has specified, http://www.grist.org/population/2011-05 ... 31-says-un maybe because it's scary -- mwah-hah-hah. But seriously, the U.N.'s latest population projections are scary. http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm Many demographers have been projecting that human numbers will stabilize at about 9 billion in 2050, but the U.N.'s new, more realistic analysis says the population could in fact keep on growing and hit 10.1 billion by 2100. That's in part because there are still 215 million women around the world who want to avoid or delay pregnancy http://www.who.int/gho/maternal_health/ ... index.html but don't have good access to effective birth control, and the U.N. seems to have grown more pessimistic about remedying that situation any time soon.

While milestones like 7 billion focus the mind, big numbers don't begin to tell the whole story.

Frankly, I highly doubt that it'll even come close to 10 billion, but I expect 8 and figure 9 is likely before overcrowding, poor sanitation, and fighting over increasingly scarce food, water, and energy resources decimates the world population significantly. What are your thoughts?