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In 1999, the world population reached ______.

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1 billion
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3 billion
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6 billion
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7 billion
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Solution

The correct option is D 6 billion

In 1999, less than 30 years later, the population doubled to 6 billion. The main reason for this growth was that with better food supplies and medicine, deaths were reducing, while the number of births still remained fairly high.


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