World population hits 7 billion on Oct. 31, or thereabouts
Monday, October 31, 2011 - 00:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Though it's impossible to say exactly when it will happen, demographers have chosen the date to mark the milestone. Humanity remains on a steep growth curve.It took only a dozen years for humanity to add another billion people to the planet, reaching the milestone of 7 billion Monday — give or take a few months.