welcome, 7 billionth human being!

[Randy5]

Today we welcomed the 7 billionth human being onto planet Earth. It doesn't seem like that long ago we welcomed the 6 billionth person. No wonder there seems to be so much traffic lately.

[OhDonna]

7 billion people is incredible. I wonder how many billion people this planet can comfortably hold. Obviously, many regions are overpopulated as it is.

[suwunk]

As of today, it is estimated to number 7.066 billion by the United States Census Bureau (USCB). The number on this page is automatically updated daily.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the total population of the World, projected to 02/15/13 at 13:43 UTC (EST+5) is 7,066,398,144
World Population Clock - U.S. Census Bureau