Atreyu
Oct 28th, 2011, 04:42:39 PM
Where do you fit into the 7 billion? (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15391515)
Apparently when I was born I was:
* The 4,518,383,245th person alive on Earth.
* The 79,147,402,543rd person to have lived since history began.
O_o
According to the website this is how both numbers are calculated:
Both numbers have been calculated using UN Population Division figures. The first is an estimate of how many people were alive on your date of birth. It is one possible value based on global population figures and estimates of growth rates over time. Data before 1950 is less accurate than figures after that date. The second number includes calculations based on the methodology of scholar Carl Haub (http://www.prb.org/Articles/2002/HowManyPeopleHaveEverLivedonEarth.aspx), who estimated how many people had been alive since 50,000 B.C. His calculation has been amended by the UN to include additional points in time.
Apparently when I was born I was:
* The 4,518,383,245th person alive on Earth.
* The 79,147,402,543rd person to have lived since history began.
O_o
According to the website this is how both numbers are calculated:
Both numbers have been calculated using UN Population Division figures. The first is an estimate of how many people were alive on your date of birth. It is one possible value based on global population figures and estimates of growth rates over time. Data before 1950 is less accurate than figures after that date. The second number includes calculations based on the methodology of scholar Carl Haub (http://www.prb.org/Articles/2002/HowManyPeopleHaveEverLivedonEarth.aspx), who estimated how many people had been alive since 50,000 B.C. His calculation has been amended by the UN to include additional points in time.