In 1801, when the first complete world census was carried out, the world’s population was 1 billion. China had 295 million people, India 131 million, Russia 33 million, France 27 million, Ottoman Empire 21 million, Germany 14 million, Spain 11 million, Britain 10 million, Ireland and the USA 5 million.
World population landmarks:
2 billion people : 1927
3 billion people : 1960
4 billion people : 1974
5 billion people : 1987
6 billion people : 1999
6.9 billion people : 2010
7 billion people : 2011
As in July 2010, China has a population of 1.3 billion; India 1.2 billion, USA 307 million. Britain has a population of 61 million, Russia 141 million, France 62 million, Germany 82 million.
If Facebook was a country it would be the 3rd largest country in the world, with more 500 million registered profiles… which is almost 100 million less than the number of registered users on QQ.
The populations is increasing at a great pace. We really need to control the growing population in order to avoid the problem of unemployment in the coming time.
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