The Population Reference Bureau released the 2009 World Population Data Sheet today. Among the highlights:
- The world population, now at 6.8 billion, is estimated to reach 7 billion by 2011 and 8 billion by 2025.
- Africa is now home to more than one billion people and that number is expected to double by 2050.
- The U.S. leads the world in total CO2 emissions but China is close behind. Qatar, Baharain, UAE, and Kuwait are the top in metric tons per capita.
- A whopping 18% of the children in the United States live in poverty.
- The world's population growth rate is 1.2%, for a doubling time of 58.3 years.
- The global total fertility rate is 2.6.
- Around the world, there are 264 births and 107 deaths every minute.
Comments
It is hard to fathom what 7 billion people means. How much does the world population increase in a day? A week? A month? A year?
Read this, it will just blow you away. It is posed as a ‘challenge’ but the solution is posted at the bottom:
http://blogontheuniverse.org/2009/06/02/weekly-challenge-2-people-people-everywhere/
Then think of the resources that need to be made available to provide basic needs.
Jeff Goldstein
Center Director
National Center for Earth and Space Science Education
18% of US children in poverty is bunk! The dollar statistic for poverty is artificial and used only to dole Federal dollars. The recently deceased Frank McCourt knew poverty. Poverty means owning few, if any, material possessions and this is not the case in our country.
Having read the Washing Post article August 15, 2009 “Downturn Brings A New Face to Homelessness”, and considering the USA’s Gini Index, etc. I disagree with “mapman” to the extent that I suspect that at least 12.5% of Americans live in poverty. I also suspect that the rate would be higher for children.
I am also surprised that the 7bn population mark may not be reached until 2011. I thought that would happen by the end of this year.
Is there any organization, company, etc. that educates people with the highest fertily rate in the world not to have more than 1 or 2 children per couple, due to overpopulation?
Thank you for your reply!
18% of children are living in poverty in the United State of America, that’s junk. America is a well populated area or country. Nigeria is the most populated black country as far as Geography is concerned. When the population is too much there will no homes for poor people to stay and even those youths walking about on the street doing nothing. The Government has established an idea known as VOCATIONAL TRAINING this vocational training help youths without jobs to engage themselves in this training and use it to form an occupation. There the Government to establish it in all the states.
18% of children are living in poverty in the United State of America, that’s junk. America is a well populated area or country. Nigeria is the most populated black country as far as Geography is concerned. When the population is too much there will no homes for poor people to stay and even those youths walking about on the street doing nothing. The Government has established an idea known as VOCATIONAL TRAINING this vocational training help youths without jobs to engage themselves in this training and use it to form an occupation. Therefore the Government should establish it in all the states so that there won’t be over crowding in a particular state. If the Government does not establish it in all the states it will cause overcrowding and unemployment.