Welcome to 2014!

Here's a prediction that did the rounds of many newspapers and magazines (including this one) back in 1915 and 1916:


The current world population is approximately 7,137,616,500.
     Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 01, 2014
     Category: Yesterday’s Tomorrows





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Then WWII happened and the GIs started procreating like bunnies!
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 01/01/14 at 09:46 AM
On 2ed thought, maybe somebody, back then, had forgotten to do a head-count in China.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 01/01/14 at 09:47 AM
Wow, nearly double that estimate.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 01/01/14 at 10:00 AM
It's getting a bit crowded in here.
Posted by Harvey on 01/01/14 at 10:32 AM
And, yet, I read somewhere (on the net to be sure) that the whole population of the world could be housed in Texas.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 01/01/14 at 10:34 AM
7,137,500 now.
Posted by Harvey on 01/01/14 at 10:35 AM
Just wait now that China is allowing married parents that are both single born children to have a second child.
Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 01/01/14 at 03:31 PM
Well, the future ain't what it used to be.
Posted by KDP on 01/02/14 at 05:00 PM
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