# What's your global ranking? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-global-ranking/601091 "2011-10-28T16:33:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-global-ranking/601091/1 "2011-10-28T16:33:00Z")
From BBC News: [7 billion people and you: What’s your number?](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15391515#output_1) When I was born, I was the 4,042,952,917th person alive on Earth. Mr. Neville was the 3,911,813,580th. What’s your number? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-global-ranking/601091/2 "2011-10-28T16:37:08Z")
3,028,387,919th. Though I wonder how it’s calculated as the time of birth is not asked. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-global-ranking/601091/3 "2011-10-28T16:57:18Z")
3,612,884,815th ---
**Author:** ![Cryptic\_C62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cryptic\_C62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptic_C62)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-global-ranking/601091/4 "2011-10-28T17:40:51Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > 3,612,884,815th It’s interesting to see how quickly you can deduce someone’s birthday by trying to replicate their answer. **MissTake** , would you happen to have been born on May 25, 1969? ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-global-ranking/601091/5 "2011-10-28T17:43:53Z")
4,334,182,983rd ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-global-ranking/601091/6 "2011-10-28T17:45:54Z")
3,431,406,588th. Dammit, seems like I’m always 3,431,406,588th for something. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-global-ranking/601091/7 "2011-10-28T17:46:35Z")
3,158,026,567th ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-global-ranking/601091/8 "2011-10-28T17:56:51Z")
2,759,440,179th All the rest of you - GET OFF MY LAWN! ---
**Author:** ![geneb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e4f/32.png) [@geneb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geneb)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-global-ranking/601091/9 "2011-10-28T17:59:51Z")
4,839,584,150th ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-global-ranking/601091/10 "2011-10-28T18:06:39Z")
I’m 3,593,906,144th, as usual. ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-global-ranking/601091/11 "2011-10-28T18:10:31Z")
4,732,188,162nd ---
**Author:** ![heathen\_earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/13edae/32.png) [@heathen\_earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heathen_earthling)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-global-ranking/601091/12 "2011-10-28T18:17:50Z")
I’m 4,993,597,791st. Missed the 5 billion mark by less than a month. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-global-ranking/601091/13 "2011-10-28T18:53:19Z")
4,798,188,474 I also think we need a strategic nuclear exhange about 2035. Not pretty, but hell drastic measures are needed. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-global-ranking/601091/14 "2011-10-28T18:58:09Z")
Seems like this is simply telling you the world population on the day you were born, but saying it in a rather cockeyed way. When it says, “Where do you fit into 7 billion? Enter your date of birth to find out” that implies a ranking of some sort, based on your date of birth, among the 7 billion **currently** living. I expected something more along the lines of how many people _now living_ had been born before or after me, which I would have found interesting, rather than simply reminding me that when I was born, there were ~2.7 billion other people in the world, which I already knew. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-global-ranking/601091/15 "2011-10-28T19:39:10Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > …I expected something more along the lines of how many people _now living_ had been **born before** or after me, which I would have found interesting, rather than simply reminding me that when I was born, there were ~2.7 billion other people in the world, which I already knew. It does tell you that. I’m the 76,918,416,246th person to have lived since history began. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-global-ranking/601091/16 "2011-10-28T20:04:02Z")
2,596,023,883 Children! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-global-ranking/601091/17 "2011-10-28T20:13:40Z")
3,314,270,869th. But I want to know where I rank \*now \*- There are a lot fewer of those 3,314,270,868 people that were here when I was born. How far do I have to go to be the oldest person on earth? Yeah, like **Rufus Firefly** wants. ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-global-ranking/601091/18 "2011-10-28T20:22:30Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > 2,596,023,883 > > Children! 😛 Beat you ! :- 2,379,543,041 ---
**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Obvious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Obvious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Obvious)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-global-ranking/601091/19 "2011-10-28T20:34:49Z")
4,535,642,787 ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-global-ranking/601091/20 "2011-10-28T20:59:34Z")
I was 4,907,788,533rd. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-global-ranking/601091.md?page=2)