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Whats World Population?

                The world population is the total number of living humans on Earth at a given time. As of February 2009, the world’s population is estimated to be about 6.76 billion.^[1] According to population projections, this figure continues to grow. the 2008 rate of growth has almost halved since its peak of 2.2% per year, which was reached in 1963. World births have levelled off at about 137-million-per-year, since their peak at 163-million in the late 1990′s, and are expected to remain constant. However, deaths are only around 56 million per year, and are expected to increase to 90 million by the year 2050. Since births outnumber deaths, the world’s population is expected to reach about 9 billion by the year 2040.^[2][3]

Contents [hide] 1 Population figures 2 Rate of increase 2.1 Milestones 3 Distribution 4 The world’s most populous nations 5 Ethnicity 6 Demographics of youth 7 Forecast 8 Predictions based on population growth 9 Number of humans who have ever lived 10 Further resources 11 References 12 See also 13 External links