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The shaded regions correspond to range of projections by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Department_of_Economic_and_Social_Affairs" title="United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs">United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div> </div> </div> <p><b>World population milestones</b> went unnoticed until the 20th century, since there was no reliable data on <a href="/wiki/Global_population" class="mw-redirect" title="Global population">global population</a> dynamics.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The population of the world reached </p> <div><ul><li>one billion in 1804</li><li>two billion in 1927</li><li>three billion in 1960</li><li>four billion in 1974</li><li>five billion in 1987</li><li>six billion in 1999</li><li>seven billion in 2011</li><li>eight billion in 2022</li></ul></div><p><sup id="cite_ref-UN8bn_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN8bn-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Old estimates put the global population at 9 billion by 2037–2046, 14 years after 8 billion, and 10 billion by 2054–2071, 17 years after 9 billion; however these milestones are likely to be reached far sooner.<sup id="cite_ref-WorldPopProspects_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldPopProspects-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The date of the event predicted near this tag has passed. (December 2020)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> Projected figures vary depending on underlying statistical assumptions and which variables are manipulated in projection calculations, especially the <a href="/wiki/Fertility_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="Fertility rate">fertility variable</a>. Long-range predictions to 2150 range from a population decline to 3.2 billion in the 'low scenario', to 'high scenarios' of 24.8 billion. One scenario predicts a massive increase to 256 billion by 2150, assuming fertility remains at 1995 levels.<sup id="cite_ref-LongRangeProjections2003KeyFindings_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LongRangeProjections2003KeyFindings-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:right; clear:right; margin-left:8px; margin-right:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="11" style="text-align:center;">World population milestones in billions (UN estimates)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Population </th> <th>1</th> <th>2</th> <th>3</th> <th>4</th> <th>5</th> <th>6</th> <th>7</th> <th>8</th> <th><i>9</i></th> <th><i>10</i> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <td>1804</td> <td>1927</td> <td>1960</td> <td>1974</td> <td>1987</td> <td>1999</td> <td>2011</td> <td>2022</td> <td><i>2037</i></td> <td><i>2054</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Years elapsed </th> <td>-</td> <td>123</td> <td>33</td> <td>14</td> <td>13</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>11</td> <td><i>15</i></td> <td><i>17</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float:right; clear:right; margin-left:8px; margin-right:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="11" style="text-align:center;">World population milestones in billions (USCB estimates) </th></tr> <tr> <th>Population </th> <th>1</th> <th>2</th> <th>3</th> <th>4</th> <th>5</th> <th>6</th> <th>7</th> <th>8</th> <th><i>9</i></th> <th><i>10</i> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <td>1804</td> <td>1927</td> <td>1960</td> <td>1974</td> <td>1987</td> <td>1999</td> <td>2011</td> <td>2022</td> <td><i>2046</i></td> <td><i>2071</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Years elapsed </th> <td>-</td> <td>123</td> <td>33</td> <td>14</td> <td>13</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>11</td> <td><i>23</i></td> <td><i>25</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Global_billionth_milestones">Global billionth milestones</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_population_milestones&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Global billionth milestones"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is no estimation for the exact day or month the world's population surpassed the one and two billion marks. The days of three and four billion were not officially noted, but the International Database of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a> places them in July 1960 and April 1974 respectively.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Five_billion">Five billion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_population_milestones&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Five billion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>The Day of Five Agent Billion</b>, 11 July 1987, was designated by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Population_Fund" title="United Nations Population Fund">United Nations Population Fund</a> as the approximate day on which the <a href="/wiki/World_population" title="World population">world population</a> reached five billion. <b>Matej Gašpar</b> from <a href="/wiki/Zagreb" title="Zagreb">Zagreb</a>, Croatia (then <a href="/wiki/SR_Croatia" class="mw-redirect" title="SR Croatia">SR Croatia</a>, <a href="/wiki/SFR_Yugoslavia" class="mw-redirect" title="SFR Yugoslavia">SFR Yugoslavia</a>), was chosen as the symbolic 5-billionth person alive on <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>. The honor went to Zagreb because the <a href="/wiki/1987_Summer_Universiade" title="1987 Summer Universiade">1987 Summer Universiade</a> was taking place in the city at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Six_billion">Six billion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_population_milestones&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Six billion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Day_of_Six_Billion" title="Day of Six Billion">Day of Six Billion</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Population_Fund" title="United Nations Population Fund">United Nations Population Fund</a> designated 12 October 1999 as the approximate day on which the <a href="/wiki/World_population" title="World population">world population</a> reached six billion.<sup id="cite_ref-post_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-post-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was officially designated "<a href="/wiki/Day_of_Six_Billion" title="Day of Six Billion">The Day of Six Billion</a>". Demographers do not universally accept this date as being exact. In fact, there has been subsequent research which places the day of six billion nearer to 18 June or 19 June 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The International Programs division of the United States Census Bureau estimated that the world population reached six billion on 21 April 1999.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> United Nations Population Fund spokesman Omar Gharzeddine disputed the date of the Day of Six Billion by stating, "The U.N. marked the '6 billionth' [person] in 1999, and then a couple of years later the Population Division itself reassessed its calculations and said, actually, no, it was in 1998."<sup id="cite_ref-msnbc_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-msnbc-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the Day of Six Billion, <a href="/wiki/UN_Secretary-General" class="mw-redirect" title="UN Secretary-General">UN Secretary-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Kofi_Annan" title="Kofi Annan">Kofi Annan</a> was in <a href="/wiki/Sarajevo" title="Sarajevo">Sarajevo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a> to monitor the <a href="/wiki/Dayton_Agreement" title="Dayton Agreement">Dayton Agreement</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-unsgt2204_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unsgt2204-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At midnight he went to Koševo Hospital, where Adnan Mević, born at 12:01 am, was named the symbolic 6 billionth concurrently alive person on <a href="/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-post_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-post-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-unsgt2204_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unsgt2204-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc472704_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc472704-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the first son of Fatima Mević and Jasminko Mević and weighed 3.5 kg.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc472704_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc472704-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seven_billion">Seven billion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_population_milestones&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Seven billion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Day_of_Seven_Billion" title="Day of Seven Billion">Day of Seven Billion</a></div> <p>The "<a href="/wiki/Day_of_Seven_Billion" title="Day of Seven Billion">Day of Seven Billion</a>" was targeted by the United States Census Bureau to be in March 2012,<sup id="cite_ref-USCBcite_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USCBcite-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the Population Division of the United Nations suggested 31 October 2011,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the latter date was officially designated by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Population_Fund" title="United Nations Population Fund">United Nations Population Fund</a> (UNFPA) as the approximate day on which the <a href="/wiki/World_population" title="World population">world's population</a> reached seven billion people.<sup id="cite_ref-un_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-un-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> United Nations Secretary General <a href="/wiki/Ban_Ki-moon" title="Ban Ki-moon">Ban Ki-moon</a> spoke at the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Headquarters" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Headquarters">United Nations building</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> on this milestone in the size of world population, and promoted the website 7 Billion Actions.<sup id="cite_ref-unfpa_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unfpa-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-actions_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-actions-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ban Ki-moon did not choose a symbolic seven billionth baby, but several groups proposed candidates: Nargis Kumar of <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Danica May Camacho of <a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a><sup id="cite_ref-guardian-un_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-un-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Wattalage Muthumai of <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eight_billion">Eight billion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_population_milestones&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Eight billion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Day_of_Eight_Billion" title="Day of Eight Billion">Day of Eight Billion</a></div> <p>The "<a href="/wiki/Day_of_Eight_Billion" title="Day of Eight Billion">Day of Eight Billion</a>" was targeted by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division to be on 15 November 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among babies born that day who were symbolically named as the world's eight billionth by various government agencies were: <a href="/wiki/Vinice_Mabansag" class="mw-redirect" title="Vinice Mabansag">Vinice Mabansag</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tondo,_Manila" title="Tondo, Manila">Tondo, Manila</a>, Philippines);<sup id="cite_ref-DePacina2022_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DePacina2022-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Damián Ferrera (<a href="/wiki/Santo_Domingo" title="Santo Domingo">Santo Domingo</a>, Dominican Republic);<sup id="cite_ref-DePacina2022_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DePacina2022-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Arpi Kocharyan (<a href="/wiki/Tsovinar,_Armenia" title="Tsovinar, Armenia">Tsovinar, Armenia</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Future">Future</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_population_milestones&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Future"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The United Nations Population Fund predicts that the global population will reach 9 billion in 2037 and 10 billion in 2058.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_and_regional_population">National and regional population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_population_milestones&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: National and regional population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_population_milestones_by_country" title="List of population milestones by country">List of population milestones by country</a></div> <p>National or subnational governments have sometimes made similar designations based on the date estimated by a demographic agency. Some national milestones relate to <a href="/wiki/Citizen" class="mw-redirect" title="Citizen">citizens</a> rather than <a href="/wiki/Residency_(domicile)" class="mw-redirect" title="Residency (domicile)">residents</a>. Commentators in countries with high <a href="/wiki/Immigration" title="Immigration">immigration</a> have pointed out that a population milestone may be reached by an immigrant rather than <a href="/wiki/Rate_of_natural_increase" title="Rate of natural increase">natural increase</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-notice" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/20px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/30px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text" style="width: auto;"><div class="mbox-text-span">This list is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Incomplete_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">incomplete</a>; you can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=World_population_milestones&action=edit">adding missing items</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2016</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Country/nationality</th> <th>Population</th> <th>Born (date)</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Notes</th> <th>Foot-<br />notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a></td> <td data-sort-value="1">1m</td> <td>15 December 1957</td> <td>Thomas Seehaus</td> <td>Awarded by <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Munich" title="List of mayors of Munich">Mayor</a> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wimmer_(politician)" title="Thomas Wimmer (politician)">Thomas Wimmer</a> with a 1,000 <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Mark" title="Deutsche Mark">mark</a> savings account.</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>United States</td> <td data-sort-value="200">200m</td> <td>20 November 1967</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Ken_Woo_Jr&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Ken Woo Jr (page does not exist)">Robert Ken Woo Jr</a></td> <td>Named by <a href="/wiki/Life_(magazine)" title="Life (magazine)"><i>Life</i> magazine</a>, not the government. None named for 300m.</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Australia</td> <td data-sort-value="15">15m</td> <td>29 January 1982</td> <td>Sally Hodgson</td> <td>Awarded by <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Immigration_and_Ethnic_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs">Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs</a> <a href="/wiki/Ian_Macphee" title="Ian Macphee">Ian Macphee</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Indonesia</td> <td data-sort-value="200">200m</td> <td>4 February 1997</td> <td>Wahyu Nusantara Aji</td> <td>Complains that government promises of support were not kept. But, this was because of the difference of federal/central government policy during New Order and Reformasi (Otonomi Daerah)</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td>India</td> <td data-sort-value="1000">1b</td> <td>11 May 2000</td> <td>Aastha Arora</td> <td>speculation re <a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(India)" title="Independence Day (India)">Independence Day</a> 1999 till Registrar demurred. Complains that government promises of support were not kept.</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DrèzeSen2002_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DrèzeSen2002-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kyrgyzstan</td> <td data-sort-value="5">5m</td> <td>27 August 2002</td> <td>Tynchtykbek Kuramayev</td> <td></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Australia</td> <td data-sort-value="21">21m</td> <td>29 June 2007</td> <td>Mia Ruby Templeton</td> <td>Awarded by <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Australia" title="Treasurer of Australia">Treasurer</a> <a href="/wiki/Peter_Costello" title="Peter Costello">Peter Costello</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Taiwan</td> <td data-sort-value="23">23m</td> <td>17 July 2008</td> <td>Wu Cheng-en</td> <td>certificate from <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="Premier of the Republic of China">Premier of the Republic of China</a> <a href="/wiki/Liu_Chao-shiuan" title="Liu Chao-shiuan">Liu Chao-shiuan</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Auckland_Region" title="Auckland Region">Auckland Region</a>, New Zealand</td> <td data-sort-value="1.65">1.65m</td> <td>June 2022</td> <td>Ramonah Patience Toomalatai</td> <td>Welcomed by <a href="/wiki/Len_Brown" title="Len Brown">Len Brown</a> the <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Auckland" title="Mayor of Auckland">Mayor of Auckland</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kazakhstan</td> <td data-sort-value="17">17m</td> <td>17 May 2013</td> <td>Altynbek Eskaraev <span title="Kazakh-language text"><span lang="kk">Алтынбек Ескараев</span></span></td> <td></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Vietnam</td> <td data-sort-value="90">90m</td> <td>1 November 2013</td> <td>Nguyễn Thị Thùy Dung</td> <td>Randomly chosen by the General Office of Population and Family Planning from among two dozen babies born that day</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Philippines</td> <td data-sort-value="100">100m</td> <td>27 July 2014</td> <td>Chonalyn Sentino</td> <td>Awarded free <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Health_Insurance_Corporation" title="Philippine Health Insurance Corporation">Philhealth</a> lifetime coverage by the government and access to healthcare by the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Health_(Philippines)" title="Department of Health (Philippines)">DOH</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Wake County, North Carolina">Wake County, North Carolina</a></td> <td data-sort-value="1">1m</td> <td>22 August 2014</td> <td>Anderson Grace Hughes</td> <td>Offered full scholarship by <a href="/wiki/Wake_Technical_Community_College" title="Wake Technical Community College">Wake Technical Community College</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mongolia</td> <td data-sort-value="3">3m</td> <td>24 January 2015</td> <td>Mongoljin Khatanbold</td> <td></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Silicon_Valley" title="Silicon Valley">Silicon Valley</a></td> <td data-sort-value="3">3m</td> <td>5 May 2015</td> <td>Max Danner</td> <td></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Utah</td> <td data-sort-value="3">3m</td> <td>24 October 2015</td> <td>Sadie Christensen</td> <td>By governor <a href="/wiki/Gary_Herbert" title="Gary Herbert">Gary Herbert</a></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kyrgyzstan</td> <td data-sort-value="6">6m</td> <td>27 November 2015</td> <td>Aylin Kojosheva</td> <td></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span 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