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by mkr-hn 5142 days ago
It was 5 billion in 2010: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-10454065-78.html

Life for the average person in the bottom billion isn't great, but it's getting better.

edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_...