I was surprised because of the stats because in the beginning, there was barely any people and as the time went by, the population grew and how people spoke lots of languages. I wish that everyone had running water and no one had to suffer and not starve. This upset me because it was not like on person that suffered, but almost half of the population. I think I could donate the things I don't need and try to help with education because people had child laborers and they need education, not a job.
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Summary: The page of this book is about population on earth and how it's getting very crowded. They also said that some Continents have bigger population numbers than others.
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- Earth is crowded and is getting even more crowded
- In 2012 there was 7.05 billion people in the world
- China and India have over 1 billion people
- If one person represented 70 million, there would be 100 people (like
Summary: The page of this book is about population on earth and how it's getting very crowded. They also said that some Continents have bigger population numbers than others.
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- Of the 100 people in the village 60 are from Asia, 15 from Africa, 11 from Europe, 8 from South America, 5 from North America and 1 from Oceania
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- In the world there are almost 6000 languages
- More than half of the villagers speak 8 languages, and here are some:
- 21 speak Chinese
- 9 speak Hindi
- 9 speak English
- 7 speak Spanish
- 4 speak Bengali
- 4 speak Arabic
- 3 Speak Portuguese
- 3 speak Russian
- If you spoke these languages you could greet half of the people
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- one fifth of the village is under the age of 9
- more than half of the village is under the age of 30
- 9 people are under 5
- 10 people are between 5 and 9
- 18 people are between 10 and 19
- 17 people are between 20 and 29
- 15 people are between 30 and 39
- 12 people are between 40 and 49
- 9 people are between 50 and 59
- 6 people are between 60 and 69
- 4 people 70 and over
- The rate of growth increase by 12 every 10 years
- 100 years ago there were 44 young people but now (2050) there may be only 23
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- the religions in the village are...
- 33 are christains
- 22 are muslims
- 15 are atheist or non religious
- 14 are hindus
- 9 practice animism and other folk religions
- 5 are buddhists
- 2 are other
- after 100 years 12 muslims and other religions also grew
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- 31 sheep and goats
- 23 cows, bulls and oxen
- 15 pigs
- 3 camels
- 2 horses
- 700 chickens
- wheat
- rice
- beans
- plenty of food but 30 people don't have reliable food source
- 17 are always hunger
- almost half of the village are starving
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- Some can't breathe clean air but 68 can breathe clean air
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- Some can't go to school because they work for their family
- 36 people could go to school but 30 do
- There is only 1 teacher for the students
- People who are old enough to read, of those 14 can not read
- There are 63 adults who could get jobs but only 52 have jobs and 6 people people want jobs but can't get them
- 3 kids are child labors
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- If all money were divided everyone would get 10300 US dollars each year
- The ten riches people make more than 87500 US dollars each year
- The poorest people make less 2 US dollars a day
- The other people are something in between
- The average is usually 6 Us dollars a day.
- The average cost of food each year is 5000 US dollars
- In the village there are...
- 50 radios
- 45 tv's
- 103 telephones (more than 86 are cell phones)
- 28 computers
- 2 trucks
- 10 automobiles
- 20 bicycles
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- Lots of houses use candles
- 76 people have electricity
- 24 people do not
- Most usually use light at night because its expensive
- Energy also includes automobiles
- Long ago wood was the main energy source
- 73 percent of the energy comes from fossil fuels
- 17 percent of energy comes from nuclear power
- 10 percent of energy comes from reusable sources
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- Lots of people had malaria
- 6 people get malaria each year
- 80 people in the village get vaccinations
- back then the average age was 38 but now its 68
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