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Africa is the second most populated continent, with around 1.34 billion people, or 17% of the world's population. Europe's 747 million people make up 10% of the world's population as of 2020,while the Latin American and Caribbean regions are home to around 653 million (8%).
Arthur C. Clarke in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) has the claim that "Behind every man, now alive stand 30 ghosts, for that is the ratio by which the dead outnumber the living", which was roughly accurate at the time of writing. [9] [10] Recent estimates of the "total number of people who have ever lived" are in the order of 100 billion.
This is a list of the oldest living people who have been verified to be alive as of the dates of the cited supporting sources. It was estimated in 2015 that between 150 and 600 living people had reached the age of 110. [1]
The country with the lowest birth rate is Japan at 7.64 births per 1000 people. Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region of China, is at 7.42 births per 1000 people. As compared to the 1950s, birth rate was at 36 births per 1000 in the 1950s, [95] birth rate has declined by 16 births per 1000 people. In July 2011, the U.S. National Institutes ...
The following is a list of living centenarians (living people who have attained the age of at least 100 years) known for reasons other than just their longevity.For more specific lists of people (living or deceased) who are known for these reasons, see lists of centenarians.
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At midnight he went to Koševo Hospital, where Adnan Mević, born at 12:01 am, was named the symbolic 6 billionth concurrently alive person on Earth. [10] [13] [14] He is the first son of Fatima Mević and Jasminko Mević and weighed 3.5 kg. [14]
People has been granting the "Sexiest Man Alive" title every year since 1985, where actor Mel Gibson was the first recipient.. Due to competition from other entertainment outlets and TV ...