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If you are are sitting in your living room, drinking beer, hanging out with friends and betting on who is going to win while you watch the live World Cup Broadcast, you’re certainly not alone. As a matter of fact, the estimates are that as many as 1.5 billion people may tune in to watch the broadcast. Just so you can understand what kind of mind boggling numbers that is, that’s fully 20% of the world’s population.

If every man, woman and child in the United States were to watch the games, they still wouldn’t come to even a fifth of that total. If every man woman and child in India were to watch the games, they wouldn’t be enough to match that number. In fact, if every single Christian in the world or every single Muslim in the world were to tune in, they would still need to be joined by some of their fellow citizens of the Earth in order to make up such an amazing number.

Few events in the world can match the kind of excitement that the world cup offers. Even the moon landing, when Neil Armstrong offered his famous “one small step for man” speech was watched by just 1/3 that number of people (of course that somewhat makes sense given that there were much fewer television sets at the time, but you get the idea).

In the meantime though, if you’re looking to see some of the exciting tournaments leading up to the big game, you can always watch live world Cup Broadcasts on the Internet at FIFA.TV. This video service offers viewers in several dozen countries the ability to watch the games live through a streaming feed on their computers.

Adding to this years’ insane amount of interest and the number of people who want to watch the live world cup broadcast is the fact that the games will be hosted in Johannesburg, in the former apartheid capital where freedom now reigns. For the event, a brand new stadium, upgrades to the airport, a new light rail link and a general brushing up of the city are all being prepared.

So who will actually be taking the field when the broadcast starts? That’s anyone’s guess. We only know for sure that South Africa, as the host nation at least has a guaranteed spot in the games and you can be certain that we will watch the live world cup broadcast.