India's Population to Reach 1,111,111,111 By 08-08-08

by Jarrett Martineau | April 17, 2008 at 03:07 pm
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It's pretty well impossible to track every single huma being on the planet (for now), but this is certainly a compelling set of numbers that underscores the exponential speed and scale of India's population growth.

By this summer alone, India will be crowded with a mind-boggling 1/6th of the world's population.

An interesting statistic for interesting times, India's population is about to reach a series of #1's. If that is an omen India is in for a good ride. I recently noticed this numeric anomaly when analyzing the Census Bureau's India Population Projection page.

Ironically the World's population at (World POPClock Projection) is going to hit 6,666,666,666 by June 1, 2008 which means India will have exactly 1/6th of the world's population this quarter.

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Amy Judd
Amy Judd
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at 15:25 on April 17th, 2008

Jarrett Martineau, I like this story. It's good stuff. That is amazing! And very scary!

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Rob Peters

On first glance I thought some binary code had snuck into your headline somehow...wow, interesting stuff.

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