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Practice Reading: Multiple Choice, Single Answer
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Population
On October 12, 1999, the United Nations Population Fund estimated that the world's population reached six billion, celebrating the occasion as the "Day of 6 Billion." At two minutes past midnight, a male baby born in Bosnia was symbolically designated the world's six billionth person by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Different estimates of the actual population turning point exist, most notably the one by the US Census Bureau.
According to the Census Bureau, the world population reached the 6 billion mark on July 19, 1999, at about 12:24:92 am. GMT (July 19 at 9:24:92 pm. EST). Every minute there are an estimated 259 births and 193 deaths in the world, which equals an increase of 147 people every sixty seconds.
Different estimates of the actual population turning point exist, most notably the one by the US Census Bureau.
According to the Census Bureau, the world population reached the 6 billion mark on July 19, 1999, at about 12:24:92 am. GMT (July 19 at 9:24:92 pm. EST). Every minute there are an estimated 259 births and 193 deaths in the world, which equals an increase of 147 people every sixty seconds.
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