2002, 10 October

                 Wold Population 

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   Births and deaths in the world population per time unit. 

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 Time unit     Births      Deaths    Natural Increase

  Year (*)    131993000    53022000      78971000

  Month        10999417     4481500       6580917

  Day            361625      145266        216359

  Hour            15068        6053          9015

  Minute            251         101           150

  Second            4.2         1.7           2.5

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    (*) Births and deaths per year in the period 1995-2000. NU.(2001), "World

          Population Prospects - The 2000 Revision", NY. (Our elaboration.)