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World population reaches 7 billion · Hindsight | Envisioning

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World population reaches 7 billion

The Economist, The World in / The World Ahead, 2011, published 2010

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At the turn of 2011-12, another Adnan will be chosen. At about that point, the seven-billionth living person will be born

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kind: article
subject: World population reaches 7 billion
target year: 2011
metric: world population
value: 7
unit: bn people
confidence: medium
note: The article gives a window "ranging from mid-2011 to mid-2012".

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