Global Issues Project!

Ambassador: Jaewoong Kim1/20/2011

Food For Thought!

Copyright@ SIS Global Issues, Mrs. Hurt, Period 2, 12th grade.

• Population -517 million people, most in the United States• Women average 2 children• infant mortality rate of 7 per 1,000 births, the lowest in the

world. • At 85 years, highest average life expectancy. • By 2025, 7.9 million people. • Twenty percent of our land is domesticated • 80 percent urban. • 8% of the world’s population and has 14% of Earth’s land.• Our per capita GNP of $28,230 is the highest in the world.

North America!

• 56 countries• population 1 billion. • Each woman 5 children• infant mortality rate of 88 per 1,000 births. • At 49 years, the lowest in the world. • Population growth at an annual rate of 3%. • our population will triple in only 41 years. • 2035two billion, 201 million people. • Rural population growth is 1.5• urban population growth is 3.7 • Our GNI is $904 billion.”

Africa!

• 20 countries. • population of 508 million people• Population growth rate at an annual rate of 1.7%. • our population will double in 40 years. • In 2030, population of 701 million. • Women average 2 children each • the infant mortality rate is 32 per 1,000 births. • life expectancy is 69 years. • 30 percent of our land is domesticated• 70 percent is urban. • GNI is$ 2.1 trillion”

Latin America!

• 50 countries including Russia.• population of 731 million people.• population is not growing due to natural increase.• every 31 people born, 12 die. • 2025, 748 million people, an increase caused by migration. • Women average 1.4 children each.• the infant mortality rate is 9 per 1,000 births. • life expectancy is 79 years. • We have 17% of the world’s population• 21% of the land area, almost ¾ of Europe is urban and 22% of

the land is domesticated. • GNI is $3.4 billion”

Europe!

• 48 countries.• Without China, population of 2.2 billion, 482 million people. • natural increase in 10 years is 3.1%. • population will double in 33 years. • By the year 2025, 4.7 billion people. • Women average 3.1 children• infant mortality rate is 54 per 1,000 births. • life expectancy is 69 years. • only 16% of the world’s land mass - almost half is domesti-

cated and 35% is urban. • GNI is $3.1 billion.

ASIA!

• Population 1.6 billion people, more than Africa and Latin Amer-ica combined.

• population growth rate is 1.9%. • population will double in 62 years. • In 2025, 1.7 billion people. • 21% of the world’s population • 7% of the world’s land.• Over half is domesticated and 28% is urban. • At $3,920, lowest per capita GNP’s in the world. • local fertility rate is 2.1, • infant mortality rate is 35 per 1,000 births. • life expectancy is 68 years.

China!

Thank you!