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The Earth - and Its Average Inhabitant - at 7 Billion People

E ARTH AT BILLION OUR PLANET IS NOW H OME TO 7 BILLION PEOPLE* ERROR MARGIN COLLECTIVE WEIGHTS Зв ТONS *THE ESTIMATE'S MARGIN OF ERROR IS 56 MILLION PEOPLE, NEARLY THE POPU- LATION OF ITALY EVERY O0:00:01 445 M TONS 350M TONS 5 PEOPLE ENTER THE WORLD 2 PEOPL E LEAVE IT HUMANS TERMITES ANTS WE'RE STRETCHING OUR PLANET TO CAPACITY HUMAN BEINGS ACCOUNT FOR BUT WE USE .00018% 20% OF THE EARTH'S BIOMASS OF ITS RESOURCES IF THE WHOLE WORLD LIVED LIKE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT OF THE AMERICANS, WE WOULD NEED AVERAGE AMERICAN: 5 EARTHS 17 FOOTBALL FIELDS GLOBAL POPULATION IS STILL EXPLODING THE PATH TO 7 BILLION 7. 6. 5. 4. 7 BIL 6 BIL 5 BIL 3. 2. 4 BIL 3 BIL 2 BIL 1 BIL 1804 1927 1959 1974 87 99 11 POPULATION CONTINUES CLIMBING 10 BILLION 9 BILLION 8 BILLION BY 2030, INDIA WILL SURPASS CHINA AS THE WORLD'S MOST POPULOU S COUNTR Y 2025 2045 2100 BY 2050, POPULATION GROWTH WILL HAVE SLOWED EVERYWHERE BUT AFRICA POPULATION GROWTH BY CONTINENT EUROPE ASIA NORTH AMERICA AFRICA LATIN AMERICA 5.5 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 B 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 1950 1930 2100 YEAR SOCIETY IS CHANGING IN AMAZING WAYS HUMANS ARE EVERYONE IS MOVING TO CITIES LIVING LONGER LIFE EXPECTANCY: IN INDIA: IN CHINA: IN 1950: 28.8% OF THE WORLD 1952: 38 1952: 41 LIVED IN CITIES TODAY: 64 TODAY: 73 IN JAPAN : IN THE U.s.: TODAY: 50% BY 2050: 1952: 64 1952: 68 69% TODAY: 82 TODAY: 78 THE MOST TYPICAL PERSON IN THE WORLD TODAY: GENDER: MALE AGE: 28 RIGHT OWNS A CELL HANDED PHONE MAKES<$12K HAS NO CAR PER YEAR NO BANK CHRISTIAN ACCOUNT HAN CHINESE NATIVE TO CHINA, THE HAN ARE THE LARGEST SINGLE ETHNIC GR OUP IN THE WORLD IN 1677, ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK, A WEALTHY DUTCH MERCHANT, GUESSED THAT THERE WERE ABOUT 1 MILLION PEOPLE IN HOLLAND. HE GUESSED THAT THE POPULATED PART OF THE WORLD WAS ABOUT 13,385 TIMES LARGER THAN HOLLAND, THEREFORE ABOUT 13.385 BILLION PEOPLE WERE ALIVE. LEEUWENHOEK'S POPULATION GUESS WAS OFF BY 12.88 BILLION, BUT IT WASA START. 334 YEARS LATER, WE HAVE FAIRLY ACCURATE DATA ON MOST OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION-NOT JUST HOW MANY THERE ARE, BUT HOW THEY LIVE. IT'S ALL THANKS TO DATA COLLECTED BY TIRELESS RESEARCHERS. RESEARCHMATTERS | MASTERSDEGREEONLINE.ORG RESEARCH MATTERS IS AN INFOGRAPHIC PROJECT LAUNCHED BY MASTERSDEGREEONLINE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABDUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ACADEMIC AESEARCH TO EVERYDAY LIFE, HTTP://BLOG.REVOLUTIONANALYTIC6.COM/2011/07/GAOWTH-IN-DATA-RELATED-JOBS. HTML HTTP://OPINIONATOR.BLOGS. NYTIMES.COM/2011/05/30/INSTEAD-OF- STUDENT-LO ANS-INVESTING-IN-FUTURES/ HTTP://NGM.NATIONALGEDGRAPHIC.COM/2011/01/SEVEN-BILLION/KUNZIG-TEXT HTTP://WWW.USATODAY.COM/NEWS/WORLD/STORY/2011-10-30/WORLD- POPULATION -HITS-SEVEN - BILLION/51007670/1 HTTP://www,GREENCHANGE.ORG/ARTICLE.PHP?ID= 5302%3CBR% 20%3E%3C/AN3E HTTP://Ww w.WIRED.COM/WIREDSCIENCE/2011/10/7-BILLION-PEOPLE/ HTTP://WW W. BBC.CO.UK/NEWS/MAGAZINE-15494349 HTTP://MASHABLE.COM /2011/10/31/WHAT-DOES-7-BILLION - PEOPLE-MEAN/ HTTP://NGM.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM/7-BILLION HTTP://YDURLIFE.USATODAY.COM/HEALTH/STORY/2011/03/DEATH-RATE- DOWN-LIFE-EXPECTANCY-UP-IN-US/44936852/1 HTTP://DEMOG. BERKELEY. EDU/- ANDREW/1918/FIGURE2.HTML HTTP://ww w.GUARDIAN.CO.UK/WDRLD/2011/AUG/30/JAPA N-LIFE-EXPECTANCY-FACTORS www.HSPHHARVARD.EDU/RESEARCH/TAKEMI/EILES/AP245.PDF THIS WORK IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE SNOI1118

The Earth - and Its Average Inhabitant - at 7 Billion People

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According to the U.N. Population Fund, on October 31, 2011, the earth became home to 7 billion people. And the population is growing quickly. Estimates put the planet at 8 billion in another 14 years,...

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