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There are many problems in the world, but the population problem may be the1 one of the world today. The world's population is growing 2 .Two thousand years ago, there were only 250 million people on the 3 Four hundred years ago, the number was 4 500 million. But at the beginning of the 5 century, the world's population was about 1,700 million. In 1970, this number was 3,600 million. In 1990, the number was five billion. A UN 6 said that the world's population had 7 six billion by the end of the 21th century. This is just ten 8 after it 9 five billion. People say that by the year 2010, 10 may be seven billion.