7 billion people and the 7 things we didn't know!

On October 31st, 2011, this year, world population has reached 7 billion. To initiate, The United Nation Population Fund launched a new public website, 7 Billion Actions , to increase the awareness among public about the challenges we poses and for a change that will make a difference by highlighting the positive actions by individuals or organizations across the globe.

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Here are 7 facts we did not know before: ( source: smartplanet.com )

1. It took humans until 1800 for the world’s population to reach 1 billion. Now it only takes about 13 years to add another billion people — and every year, even though fertility is declining, our population increases by about 80 million people.
2. 215 million women would like to avoid or delay childbearing, but have no access to contraceptives. A thousand women die giving birth every day.
3. Worldwide, women are having about half as many children as they did 50 years ago. Since 1950, the average size of a family declined from 6.0 to 2.5 people.
4. In 1950, 1 in 5 children died before the age of 5. Today, 93 percent survive.
5. By 2025, India is expected to have more people than China. About 3 billion people alone live in the emerging economies of China, India, Brazil and Indonesia.
6. Young people make up 43 percent of the world’s population; in the least developed countries, they represent 60 percent of the population.
7. The rate of growth of people age 60 or older is growing at twice the rate of the rest of the world’s population. By 2040, nearly 1 in 4 people will be over age 60.

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- At the time of my birth, i was 4,475,629,181st person alive on Earth.

- And 79,078,081,697th person to have lived since history began.

- At this afternoon, Maldives has a population of 317365 people.

- In Maldives, there are 1 birth every hour and 1 or less death every hour and 0 to -1 immigrants. Average - yearly population growth is +1.4%.

- Qatar is the world's fastest population growing country with +514 births every day.( Average 2005-2010).

- Moldova is fastest shrinking country with  decrease of 106 people every day. ( Average 2005-2010) 

- The average life expectancy in the Maldives is 75.5 years. And dividing to gender, Men 74.6 years while women 76.5 years. Wow! Ladies live longer in Maldives.

 - World's longest living age is in Japan with 82.7 years. Lucky Japanese! and lowest Central African Republic with 45.9 years.

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Some of the most alarming Statistics (Source: Feminist Majority)

- 20 percent of the planet’s population uses 80 percent of its resources and consumes 30 percent more than the planet can regenerate.

- More than 2.7 billion people live on less than $2 per day, and one billion people live on less than one dollar per day.

- Some 1 billion people are malnourished, with 98 percent of those people living in impoverished nations.

- More than 2.6 billion people—more than 40 per cent of the world’s population—do not have basic sanitation, and more than 1 billion people have unsafe sources of drinking water.

- 99 percent of maternal mortality takes place in the developing world, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

- An estimated 215 million women in the developing world who want to avoid pregnancy don’t have access to modern contraception.

Womens Health, Reproduction Statistics:

610,000 fewer women and couples will receive contraceptive services and supplies.

190,000 more unintended pregnancies and 82,000 more unplanned births will occur.

83,000 more abortions will take place (of which 60,000 will be unsafe).

500 more maternal deaths will occur.

59,000 more years of healthy life will be lost.

2,300 more children will lose their mothers.