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Encyclopedia: World population

The world population is the total number of human beings alive on the planet Earth at a given time. As of 2007, the world population reached 6.6 billion.^[1] In line with population projections, this figure continues to grow at rates that were unprecedented prior to the 20th century, although the rate of increase has almost halved since growth rates reached their peak in 1963.

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How to say "World population" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	世界人口
	(Japanese)	世界人口
	(German)	Weltbevölkerung
	(Spanish)	Población humana
	(French)	Population mondiale

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Informal economy

In economics the informal economy is the system of exchange used outside state-controlled or money-based economic activities. The informal economy consists of barter, mutual self-help, odd jobs, allotment farming, street trading, and other similar activities. Most of the world's population...

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King Penguin

the second largest species of penguin, second only to the Emperor Penguin. There is a world population of approximately four million King Penguins...

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The World Starts With Me

The World Starts With Me is a computer-based sex education and AIDS prevention program aimed at young Ugandans, developed and produced by Butterfly Works and the World Population Foundation (a Dutch non-governmental organization) in association with Ugandan Schoolnet. In 2004, it won a Prix Ars...

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God game

worlds. Some examples are The Sims, SimEarth, Alter Ego, Little Computer People, Populous, Black and... reference to games in which the character plays a godlike entity that controls entire worlds; Populous is generally credited with inspiring the name...

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Five Percent Nation

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International community

approximately ten percent of the world's population... The term " international community " can refer to either: All the lands represented in United Nations. The people of the lands all over the world. The international community is regulated by the...

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Robots (movie)

: Plot, ending, or solution details follow. The film is set on a world populated only by robots and follows a young genius with aspirations of improving the world. He wishes to create robots capable...

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1000

Alternate uses, see Number 1000. Years: 997 998 999 - 1000 - 1001 1002 1003 Decades: 970s 980s 990s - 1000s - 1010s 1020s 1030s Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century Events World Population 300 million. Gunpowder invented in China. Scandinavia, Iceland and Hungary...

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2010

the World Population will reach 7 Billion April 24 - Easter hasn't been as late as this since 1943... (visible only in the South Pacific and southern South America). Football World Cup scheduled to be held...

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Fist of the North Star

Fist of the North Star (Japanese: 北斗の拳; Hokuto no Ken) is a manga and anime title. The story of the legendary Karate-style "Hokuto Shinken" (God-given Skill of Northern Stars) and its sole user "Kenshiro" who in the quest to rescue his love "Yuria" roam the post-apocalypse world populated...

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