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As 7 Billion Approaches, Find Out Your Number in History
When Gilroy Patch was born (ahem, launched) it was the 6,932,088,843rd (person) alive on Earth. Find out where you fit in the world's birth order.
In the next few weeks it's believed the world's population will hit 7 billion. BBC News has a calculator on its website that can tell you where your birth date places you in the world's history.
Anthropomorphically Gilroy Patch was born on Dec. 23, 2010, which means it was the 6,932088,843rd person alive on Earth, and the 83,099,730,929th person to have lived since history began.
Find out where you fit in by going to the BBC News World site.
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