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Day of Six Billion

On 12 October 1999, according to the United Nations, the population of the world reached six billion. More than one-third of the world's people live in China and India.

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It wasn't until 1804 that the world's population reached 1 billion; now a billion people are added to the population about every 12 years.

The number of people on the planet Earth is now...

 

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12 October 1899 : Boer War

12 October: National Day of Spain

 

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