The BBC World News has launched a great interactive piece in anticipation of the world's 7 billionth person, whose birth we will celebrate this coming Monday, October 31st. Enter in your birth date and the program will tell you, of the people alive that day, what number person you were on the day you were born and where you placed on the larger scale of recorded human history. Of course, like the United Nations Population Fund's 7 billionth person projection, it is impossible to actually count each individual on the earth and all of this is based on extrapolation and not fact, but it's a great bit of fun.

More fun facts from the population counter? Qatar is the fastest growing country with 514+ births per day. Moldova is the fastest shrinking country. Every hour there is 15,347 births on earth. You can drill down to find out details of birth and death rates for your own country. Life expectancy around the world ranges from 45.9 (Central African Republic) to 82.7 (Japan).

Who knew population statistics could be so much fun?