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While they are the most population-dense areas and are growing faster than other places in the world, I'm pretty sure it's more likely that the 7 billionth person won't be born in India or China.

It takes all of 2 mins to calculate. All facts from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_de...

Birth rate world-wide: 20.3/1000. Population: 7 billion :-)

Total # births: ~ 142 million.

Birth rate India: 23/1000. Population: 1.2 billion.

Total # births: 27.6 million.

Birth rate China: 13/1000. (That should surprise people). Population: 1.34 billion.

Total # births: 17.4 billion.

Therefore the odds of it being India or China is ~ (17.4+27.6)/142 ~ 31%.

Fact: Considering that No country has a birth rate larger than 3x India and only China has a population larger than India, India has the maximum # births/year in the world.




So, he was right in stating that

"pretty sure it's more likely that the 7 billionth person won't be born in India or China."

31% it will be in India or China, 69% it won't be in India or China.




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