This is baby Danica Camacho, born yesterday, upon whom has been bestowed the symbolic title of the World's 7 Billionth Baby by the UN. She was born in the Philippines, a country that has a high fertility rate and poor access to contraception. To mark this momentous occasion, she was given a cake and a certificate for free shoes. Shoes? Surely they could have mustered up a scholarship or a reality show or at least something a little more dramatic. Unless they are magic shoes.
I wonder what her life will be like?
There are differing opinions about whether our rapid population growth is not that big a deal or a total nightmare.
Here's the latest estimate on how many people have ever lived.
And here you can calculate your numbers: When I was born I was supposedly the 3,590,447,718th person alive on earth at the time and I am the 77,663,903,455th person to have lived since history began.
Reports say the 7 billionth baby was born in Armenia.
Posted by: Kandy Barm | November 01, 2011 at 03:26 PM
Yes, there are claims from all over -- in particular, India's claiming the 7 billionth baby, too. It's a symbolic title, as no one is actually sure *exactly* how many people are on the planet. I believe the estimate is 7 billion, plus or minus 100 million.
Posted by: Steph | November 01, 2011 at 04:04 PM
I did this earlier ...
When I was born, I was the 3,156,906,603rd person alive on earth and the 76,916,305,937th person to have lived since history began.
Posted by: Teena in Toronto | November 04, 2011 at 12:01 AM