World’s Population Exceeds 6.5 Billion

MSNBC Internet quoted an analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau (USCB) that the world population exceeded 6.5 billion at 7:16 p.m. on February 25, Eastern Standard Time (EST) (Korea Time: 9:16 a.m. on February 26). “The world’s population surpassed six billion in June 1999,” the USCB announced in 2004. An extra half billion have been added since then.

Currently, 4.4 new babies are born per second, and the world population has increased more than four times since the 1900’s. The USCB predicts that if this trend continues, the world’s population will surpass seven billion on October 18, 2012.