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On this last day of October, a global first.

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There's estimated there are now seven billion people on the planet, that's one billion more than just 12 years ago. 

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And it took us [less time] than ever to reach this milestone.

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Now the world hit the one billion mark back in 1800. It took another 130 years to reach two billion. 

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Now the population is growing so fast, there is a baby born nearly every second in India. 

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And that's where, according to some reports, the seven billionth baby was born today.

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Just in case you're still trying to wrap your head around this big number, Richard Roth, he goes where few men have gone before in New York City.

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Seven billion, hard to believe and hold up.

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It's a humongous number that's beyond most people's comprehension.

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Seven billion people on planet Earth.

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Seven billion?

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As in billion.

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Wow!

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A symbolic but powerful number.

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Have you seen these people, the seven billion?

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No, I haven't.

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Have you created any of those seven billion?

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I hope not.

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Oh, baby! This hospital arrival looks like he wants to accept the prize, but emerged too early. 

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Another baby's mother, not disappointed at just missing producing the [seven] billionth human.

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Oh, wow. No. I mean, he came out at the time he was supposed to [come] out, but he was close.

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What does the number seven billion, as indicated in this sign in front of the UN, what does that mean to you as a demographer?

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That large... that we have increased the population of the world by an enormous amount in a very short time. We're adding 75 million people every year.

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They're everywhere. It also seems there are seven billion baby carriages in Manhattan.

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Why did you decide to have a child, if I may ask, with so many people on the planet?

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I live in Ohio, and it doesn't seem to be as crowded. So, I moved out of New York.

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Why is your child now crying, since I've asked you that question?

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So, you don't want people to have any more kids?

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I didn't say that.

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As the secretary-general of the world, are you ready to tell people, "Stop having children, or at least in Manhattan?"

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Let us make sure that this seven billionth child can live without any shortages, can live in peace...

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Ladies, good evening. I'm Richard Roth of CNN.

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I entered a womb-like environment in the back of a Mexican restaurant where few men had gone before.

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Just living in Manhattan, you feel so sort of claustrophobic and you think that number... it's just massive

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It's a new mom support luncheon. Hmm, baby knows what's coming.

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What do you think about bringing a child into this world with seven billion people? When is enough enough?

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I didn't even ever give it a second thought? Yeah. It means nothing to me.

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The child or the seven billionth today? What?

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The child means everything. 

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If you told people in the 1800s to stop having babies where would we be now? So, it's... I say keep doing it.