Meeting the world’s six-billionth person

Name: Meeting the world’s six-billionth person
Uploaded: 2011-11-01T04:50:33Z
Description: As planet’s population reaches seven billion, Al Jazeera visits Bosnian boy born in 1999.

As planet’s population reaches seven billion, Al Jazeera visits Bosnian boy born in 1999.

Bosnia sixth billion person -- at 12 years old

According to UN estimates the Earth’s seven-billionth inhabitant has just been born.

Two hundred years ago there were just one billion people – but population growth has accelerated very quickly.

In fact it has only taken a little more than a decade for us to go from six to seven billion.

Al Jazeera’s Emma Hayward gets the perspective from a remarkable 12 year old in Bosnia who was the planet’s sixth-billion person.