World Population to Reach 7 Billion on Monday

[D-rock]

Re: 7 billionth person to be born monday

I would think the standard deviation of the error for both any kind of world census and the world's population growth, especially if we went by each day, would make it virtually impossible to accurately pick the actual day the world surpasses 7 billion people.

 

[alexpnz]

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I'm layin' 2-1 that it's a Chinaman. :1orglaugh

 

[darkwarrior3007]

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I'm having that weird sense of deja vu again!

EDIT: One more thing, Africa is NOT a country.

 

[feller469]

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The soon-to-be-child is currently in a custody battle between Madonna and Angelina.

Ironically, the kid will be kept in Octomom's uterus until custody is finalized

 

[busaguy79]

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Well Truthfully the world is not super crowded, Read somewhere that the entire population of the earth, given the same amount of land a typical US home, everyone will fit into the state of Texas! The real problem is resources but the ratio of land to people we still have a shit load more room so lets all have unprotected creampie sex!! Woot!!

:nanner:

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

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so lets all have unprotected creampie sex!! Woot!!

: :

Only those of us who live in the First World and are descendants of people who created the modern-day First World(s). :yesyes:

 

[Moonchild22]

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Worldwide population control is long overdue.

 

[lurkingdirk]

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A few nuclear (pronounced nucular) bombs, and we're back to something realistic.

Who's going to pull the trigger first?

 

[L3ggy]

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I'd say the CIA.

 

[Will E Worm]

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We will be fine. Overpopulation is a myth.

 

[anomaly]

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There's no way this could be accurate....

 

[Luxman]

World population to reach 8 billion this year.
Every website has a different number, some say we already passed the 8 billion mark.
The population increases by 1 billion about every 11 years.

https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/

https://www.businessinsider.com/what-life-will-be-like-in-the-year-2300-2015-10

 

[DrakeM]

Too bad Covid wasn't a hellova lot worse. The world could use a really good pandemic to bring down these ridiculous population numbers - maybe something like airborne rabies which I once read would be the closest thing to a zombie apocalypse we'd realistically get.

 

[Luxman]

"Soylent Green" is the best solution to overpopulation.
The 1973 movie was set in 2022, and had a world population of 7 billion.
In the movie they didn't have computers, iPhones or the internet, but they did have the first video game.

There will eventually be a natural or man-made disaster that drastically reduces the population.
Unless new technologies are invented to create unlimited energy and food that can sustain 20 billion people.
Hopefully in 100 years we'll be colonizing nearby star systems.

 

[Pornfan99]

Uh .. you might want to have your Government support birth control / education / women's rights in Africa. THAT is where child birth is occurring. It is NOT in the developed world:

Highest birth rates:

Top 10 Countries with the Highest Fertility Rates (by births per woman) - World Bank 2021 (2019 data)​

1. Niger - 6.8
2. Somalia - 6.0
3. Congo (Dem. Rep.) - 5.8 (tie)
4. Mali - 5.8 (tie)
5. Chad - 5.6
6. Angola - 5.4
7. Burundi - 5.3 (tie)
8. Nigeria - 5.3 (tie)
9. Gambia - 5.2
10. Burkina Faso - 5.1

Top 15 Countries with the Lowest Fertility Rates (by births per woman) - World Bank 2021 (2019 data)​

1. South Korea - 0.9
2. Puerto Rico (U.S. territory) - 1.0
3. Hong Kong (China SAR) - 1.1 (tie)
4. Malta - 1.1 (tie)
5. Singapore - 1.1 (tie)
6. Macau (China SAR) - 1.2 (tie)
7. Ukraine - 1.2 (tie)
8. Spain - 1.2 (tie)
9. Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1.3 (tie)
10. San Marino - 1.3 (tie)
11. Moldova - 1.3 (tie)
12. Italy - 1.3 (tie)
13. Andorra - 1.3 (tie)
14. Cyprus - 1.3 (tie)
15. Luxembourg - 1.3 (tie)

In the US: In 2021 the rate was 1,663 births per 1,000 women,

 

[tvstrip]

Uh .. you might want to have your Government support birth control / education / women's rights in Africa. THAT is where child birth is occurring. It is NOT in the developed world:

I have to echo this. The countries in which child poverty rates are the highest also tend to be ones with the highest number of children per household.
There are a multitude of reasons (including those listed) why this is, but IMO the bottom line is that there needs to be a change in childbirth rates in these countries if they hope to change things in those countries.

Logic states that with the same income, you can dedicate more finances/resources per child with fewer children. Between countries where families are depriving 6 children of food, clothing, education and other essentials, or those providing 1 or 2 with enough to succeed in life, which countries would be better placed to be more prosperous?

 

[Steve-FreeOnes]

Too bad Covid wasn't a hellova lot worse. The world could use a really good pandemic to bring down these ridiculous population numbers - maybe something like airborne rabies which I once read would be the closest thing to a zombie apocalypse we'd realistically get.

Fucking hell.

 

[Theopolis Q. Hossenffer]

^^^^
What he said

 

[Luxman]

Nov. 15, 2022 is the official day the world population reached 8 billion people.

U.N. Day of 8 Billion
https://www.un.org/en/dayof8billion

 

[tvstrip]

U.N. Day of 8 Billion
https://www.un.org/en/dayof8billion

Case in point:

Countries with the highest fertility levels tend to be those with the lowest income per capita. Global population growth has therefore over time become increasingly concentrated among the world’s poorest countries, most of which are in sub-Saharan Africa. In these countries, sustained rapid population growth can thwart the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which remain the world’s best pathway toward a happy and healthy future.