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From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner)
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Subject: Re: Re: World population benchmark
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Date: Mon, 14-Jul-86 23:37:45 EDT
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> In article <3553@hplabsb.UUCP> marvit@hplabsb.UUCP (Peter Marvit) writes:
> >According to the world population watchers at the United Nations, today
> >(7 July) the 5 billionth person will be born.

	Actually, the United Nations does not expect the 5th millionth
person to be born until sometime in March.  The US Census only pins
itself down 4th quarter 1986/1st quarter 1987.  It was an independent
organization, (I know I got this wrong, I can't find the clipping) The
World Population Institute, that issued the prediction for last week.
	The data is not exactly the most complete in the world (no pun
intended). They may be right.
	Anyway, since it is exponential growth, roughly 1/2 of all people
who have ever lived, are currently living.

	Still, to put it into another perspective:  if one could populate 
New Jersey to the density of Manhattan Island, one would have about 4.5
Billion people living there.  The problem is that the 5 Billionth child
will probably be born into a poor rural family in Asia or Africa, not
in New Jersey.

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			      Craig Werner (MD/PhD '91)
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