Some people count sheep to sleep; some count people & don't sleep too well
From a Matrix essays comment thread (16/09/03 ish) - I asked for a source, but the comments have fallen off & never got a reply.

"are already 6 billion on Earth and counting. Calculations tells us that we
will be 10 billion by 2010."

This is the last revision (1998) I saw:

World population reached:
1 billion in 1804,
2 billion in 1927 (123 years later)
3 billion in 1960 (33 years)
4 billion in 1974 (13 years)
5 billion in 1987 (12 years)
6 billion in 1999 (12 years)
7 billion in 2013 (14 years - projected)
8 billion in 2028 (15 years - projected)
10.7 (high) or 8.9 (middle) or 7.3 (low) billion projected for 2050
[permalink][comment] - posted by Mez @ 10/11/2003 01:44:00 pm