World Stats

[wildraven]

This stuff gets sent to me each year, so I always find it fascinating. Any questions on what things mean, please ask. (Per capita GDP in US dollars confuses some non-geography people out there just for starters.) :-)

All info provided by Scholastic Magazine.

Ten wealthiest countries in per capita GDP (average $ per person)

1 Luxembourg $44,000
2 US $37,600
3 San Marino $34,600
4 Norway $31,800
5 Switzerland $31,700
6 Ireland $30,500
7 Canada $29,400
8 Belgium $29,000
9 Denmark $29,000
10 Japan $28,000


Three poorest:

1 East Timor $500
2 Somalia $550
3 Sierra Leone $580

Others in the top ten poorest include Burundi, D.R. of Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, Afghanistan ($700), Comoros, and Eritrea.

The world average per capita GDP is $7,900


30% of the world's population is below the age of 15.
21% of the US population is under the age of 15.

The birthrate is 22 per 1,000.
The deathrate is 9 per 1,000.
The infant mortality rate works out that one out of every 22 babies dies in the first year.


Life Expectancy:

World average: 65 M 69 F
Longest: Japan 78/85
Shortest: Mozambique 33/34

Top 7 longest in life expectancy: Japan, San Marino, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Australia, and Canada

Top 7 worst in life expectancy: Mozambique, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Angola, Rwanda, and Zambia (41/40).


There are 101 men to every 100 women


Largest Countries:
China 1,289,000,000
India 1,069,000,000
US 292,000,000
Indonesia 221,000,000
Brazil 177,000,000
Pakistan 149,000,000
Bangladesh 147,000,000
Russia 146,000,000
Nigeria 134,000,000
Japan 128,000,000


World Population: 6.3 Billion or 6,300,000,000


Religions: If you reduced the world down to 1000 people, the following would be the breakdown:

328 Christians (This includes Roman Catholics, Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Lutherans, Apiscopalians, Anglicans, Ukrainian Catholics, Methodists, Mormons, Baptists, Presbyterians, and other Christian religions whose names I can misspell.) :-)

196 Muslims (This includes Shi'ite, Sunni, and other smaller sects)

133 Hindus

59 Buddhists

24 Athiests (There is no God)

125 Non-Religious (Maybe there is, maybe there isn't, but I'm not going to go joining any one group)

4 Sikhs

2 Jews

129 following 129 other religions

Comments

[magid.livejournal.com]

There are 101 men to every 100 women

I was listening to an interview on NPR sometime this weekend, about Indians (the subcontinent kind, not the inhabitants who helped Pilgrims kind) preferring boys over girls, and using ultrasound to ensure the preferred result. The statistic cited (unsure if for India as a whole (unlikely) or a particular area) was for every 1000 boys, 750 girls are born. I was shocked; it's going to lead to big issues down the road...

The killing of girls

[wildraven.livejournal.com]

China is doing the same thing. The government is trying to limit the families to one child each. Meanwhile, the culture says that men take care of their parents in old age, not women. With ultrasounds to determine, the current practice for many families is to abort a girl but keep a boy. Although the next generation having so many men and not many women will result in a curbing of the population growth, the social problems which will undoubtedly arise could be horrible.