There are people alive in their 90's that were born before the world's population hit 2 billion (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by okbuddyretard@kbin.social to c/showerthoughts@kbin.social

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The world population has grown by four times in the last 100 years, we have gone from a billion, to 8 billion people. Thats absolutely crazy.

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[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Its more than doubled in my lifetime. Im one of those crazies who think we are overpopulated.

[-] MHcharLEE 2 points 1 year ago

And yet I still have like 3 friends

[-] MrZigZag@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Here's a population list by year for those wondering.

[-] Devi@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I was in school when we hit 6 billion and I remember we had a big counter in the hall and some talks about the environment and what that many people meant.

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