Which phrasing is correct?

1. Believers of XXX religion worldwide comprise only 0.008 percent of the world population of sixty-eight billion

2. Believers of XXX religion worldwide comprise only 0.008 percent of the sixty-eight billion of the world population.

Which is the correct phrasing in bold?

Many thanks.

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Originally Posted by Tan Elaine

1. Believers of XXX religion worldwide comprise only 0.008 percent of the world population of sixty-eight billion. :tick:

2. Believers of XXX religion worldwide comprise only 0.008 percent of the sixty-eight billion people in the world. :tick:

Which is the correct phrasing in bold?

Many thanks.

Where did you get that number for the world population? It's not close to being correct!

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2006

Thanks, 2006.

Actually, the figure for the population of the world was not provided by me. I have since checked with google and found that it should be 6.801 billion.

Thanks for being so alert and for pointing out error.

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Originally Posted by Tan Elaine

Thanks, 2006.

Actually, the figure for the population of the world was not provided by me. I have since checked with google and found that it should be 6.801 billion.

Thanks for being so alert and for pointing out the error.

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You're welcome.