The United Nations estimates that the world reached seven billion people on Monday. No one can be sure. The United States Census Bureau does not expect that to happen until March.
联合国预测本周一世界人口将达到70亿。没人可肯定这一点。美国人口统计局估计明年三月份才能达到这一数字。
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Population experts at the United Nations estimated that the world reached six billion in October nineteen ninety-nine. They predict nine billion by twenty-fifty and ten billion by the end of the century.
联合国人口专家曾预计1999年10月人口达到60亿。他们预测到2050年人口将达90亿,本世纪末人口将达100亿。