Earth: Seven Billion and Counting…

According to the United Nations (via ABC News), Earth’s 7-billionth person will be welcomed to our planet tomorrow, Monday 10/31, merely 24 hours before the mark of my 27th year on earth. Calculations indicate Number 7,000,000,000 will likely be born in India, which isn’t surprising, considering the country welcomes a newborn nearly every second and is expected to surpass China’s population in 14 years.

Needless to say, the earth’s population is growing at an exponential pace. To put it in perspective: 

… in a mere decade, scientists said we’ll be preparing to welcome the 8 billionth person into the world.

Crazy, eh?

Thanks to this super neat-o calculator, courtesy of BBC News, I’ve learned that

When I was born, I was the 4,806,763,941st person alive on Earth and the 79,600,146,309th person to have lived since history began.

As we await the birth of Earth’s 7-billionth baby, give it a try: what number were you?