The world’s eight billionth resident will be born today, according to projections by the United Nations Population Division.

The global population will reach eight billion – three times the size it was in 1950 – and although there are more people on Earth than ever before because we’re living longer, population growth is at its slowest rate in over 70 years.…

This data comes from the ChinaPulse.com media intelligence and smart news insights monitoring platform.