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World Facts

WORLD MAP

INTERESTING NUMBERS

• ·       Population:

6,928,198,253 (July 2011 est.)

• ·     Age structure:

0-14 years: 26.3% (male 944,987,919/female 884,268,378)

15-64 years: 65.9% (male 2,234,860,865/female 2,187,838,153)

65 years and over: 7.9% (male 227,164,176/female 289,048,221) (2011 est.)

• ·     Population growth rate:

1.092% (2011 est.)

• ·     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

33.3 million (2009 est.)

• ·     Electricity - production:

19.12 trillion kWh (2007 est.)

• ·     Electricity - consumption:

17.78 trillion kWh (2007 est.)

• ·     Airports:

total airports - 43,982 (2010)

top ten by passengers: Atlanta (ATL) - 88,032,086; London (LHR) - 66,037,578; Beijing (PEK) - 65,372,012; Chicago (ORD) - 64,158,343; Tokyo (HND) - 61,903,656; Paris (CDG) - 57,906,866; Los Angeles (LAX) - 56,520,843; Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) - 56,030,457; Frankfurt (FRA) - 50,932,840; Denver (DEN) - 50,167,485 (2009)

top ten by cargo (metric tons): Memphis (MEM) - 3,697,054; Hong Kong (HKG) - 3,385,313; Shanghai (PVG) - 2,543,394; Inch'on (ICN) - 2,313,001; Paris (CDG) - 2,054,515; Anchorage (ANC) - 1,994,629; Louisville (SDF) - 1,949,528; Dubai (DXB) - 1,927,520; Frankfurt (FRA) - 1,887,686; Tokyo (NRT) - 1,851,972 (2009)

• ·     Heliports:

3,825 (2010)

• ·     Railways:

total: 1,138,632 km (2008)

• ·     Roadways:

total: 102,260,304 km (2008)

• Comparison of land area of earth and USA:

Land area about 16 times the size of the US

• Telephones - mobile cellular:

5.3 billion (2010)

• ·     Internet users:

2.1 billion (2010)

WORLD AT A GLANCE

FOR MORE INFORMATION:  http://factchannel.blogspot.com/p/world-at-glance.html

Mind blowing facts

ü Ever experienced a solar eclipse? Be sure to wear something warm! During a total solar eclipse the temperature can drop by 6 degree Celsius.

ü On Uranus, summer lasts for 21 years, and so does winter.

                

ü The fastest growing plant is the bamboo. Some varieties can grow up to three feet in a day.

                  

ü Tiger can spend up to eighteen hours sleeping.

                    

ü Earth is the only planet not named after a God

      

ü Tigers will occasionally eat vegetation for dietary fibre.

                        

ü The great plague of Europe (542 A.D- 593 A.D) killed half the population of  Europe.

                      

ü Dolphin’s sleep with one eye open.

                 

ü In a poll conducted by Animal planet, the tiger was voted the world’s favourite animal, narrowly beating the dog.Tigers received 21% of the votes and dogs 20%.

    ü The six official languages of the United Nation are English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, and Spanish.