Sri Lanka marks word population reaching seven billion mark

(October 31, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) A child born at the Castle Street hospital at 12.01 am today was symbolically considered the child born marking the reach of the seven billion population figure. Similar events were held worldwide and was considered only a symbolic gesture.

The child picked was born to a 23 year old Dinushika Dilani whose husband is a private bus driver. The child was named as Muthumali.