Environmental Science

   Well, today we started populations so I thought I would provide some more specific numbers concerning populations around the world. Here is what I found:

• World population ~ 6,585,027,788
• U.S. ~ 301,474,983
• Illinois ~ 12,440,351
• IL Male ~ 6,090,298          Margin of Error: +/- 4,022
• IL Female ~ 6,350,053     Margin of Error: +/- 4,022
• Largest Current Country Populations:
  1. China – 1,313,973,713
  2. India – 1,095,351,995
  3. United States – 301, 474, 983
  4. Indonesia – 245,452,739
  5. Brazil – 188,078,22

  

  “According to the Population Reference Bureau, these will be the ten largest countries based on population in 2050…”

  1. India – 1,628,000,000

  2. China – 1,437,000,000

  3. United States – 420,000,000

  4. Nigeria – 299,000,000

  5. Pakistan – 295,000,000

  6. Indonesia – 285,000,000

  7. Brazil – 260,000,000

  8. Bangladesh – 231,000,000

  9. Democratic Republic of Congo – 183,000,000

  10. Ethiopia – 145,000,000

  Smallest Current Country Populations:

  1. Vatican City ~ 920 (considered a country)
  2. Tuvalu ~ 11,640
  3. Nauru ~ 13,050
  4. Palau ~ 20,300
  5. San Marino ~ 28,880

Sources:

• http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html
• http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/17000.html
• http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/17000lk.html
• http://geography.about.com/cs/worldpopulation/a/mostpopulous.htm
• http://geography.about.com/od/lists/a/2050pop.htm
• http://worldatlas.com/aatlas/populations/ctypopsl.htm
• Photo Credit: AP-NASA-12/00/1972