World Grew by 1.9 Million During Population Meeting
<i> Reuters</i>
CAIRO —
In the eight days, eight hours and 45 minutes of the U.N. population conference in Cairo, about 3,056,000 babies were born into the world--an average of about four babies every second.
Over the same period about 1,167,000 people died, leaving a net increase of 1,889,000 in population.
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