Snapshots: From Around the World. (Skills).

Snapshots: FROM AROUND THE WORLD. (Skills)

WORLD AT A GLANCE


Total population               6.137 billion
Percentage living in poverty   25%
Sex ratio, ages 15-64          1.02 males per female
Sex ratio, age 65 and over     0.78 males per female
Population under age 15        30 percent
Population age 65 and over     7 percent
Annual birth rate              22 births per 1,000 population
Annual death rate              9 deaths per 1,000 population
Fertility rate (1)             2.8 children per woman
Life expectancy at birth       67 years (65 years, male;
                               69 years, female)
Infant mortality rate          56 deaths per 1,000 live
                               births
Gross world product            $39 trillion
(1988 est. (2))
Gross world product,           $6,600
per capita (1988 est. (2))
Number of independent nations  192

(1)Average number of children a woman bears in a lifetime.

(2)Latest figures available.

SOURCES: 2001 WORLD POPULATION DATA SHEET, POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU,
INC.; THE WORLD FACTBOOK 2001 and 2000 editions, U.S. CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD

Adherents of major world religions


Christianity             32.4%
Islam                    17.1%
Hinduism                 13.5%
Buddhism                  6.2%
Chinese religions         3.9%
Tribal religions          1.9%
Judaism                   0.4%
Nonreligious or atheist  21.3%
Other religions           3.3%

SOURCE: THE UNIVERSAL ALMANAC 1997.

Note: Table made from pie chart
WEALTHIEST AND POOREST NATIONS

Highest and lowest gross domestic products per capita (*)

HIGHEST                 (IN U.S. DOLLARS)

Luxembourg                        $36,400
United States                     $36,200
San Marino                        $32,000
Switzerland                       $28,600
Norway                            $27,700
Monaco                            $27,000
Singapore                         $26,500
Denmark                           $25,500
Belgium                           $25,300
Austria                           $25,000

LOWEST

Sierra Leone                         $510
Ethiopia                             $600
Somalia                              $600
Congo (formerly Zaire)               $600
Eritrea                              $710
Tanzania                             $710
Burundi                              $720
Comoros                              $720
Alghanistan                          $800
Madagascar                           $800

(*)The value of all goods and services that a country produces per year,
divided by its population.

SOURCE: THE WORLD FACTBOOK 2001 (CIA)
LIFE EXPECTANCY: HIGHEST AND LOWT

             MALE  FEMALE

ZAMBIA       M-37  F-38
ANGOLA       M-37  F-39
MALAWI       M-39  F-40
RWANDA       M-39  F-40
SWEDEN       M-77  F-82
ICELAND      M-78  F-81
SWITZERLAND  M-77  F-83
JAPAN        M-77  F-84

SOURCE: 2001 WORLD POPULATION DATA SHEET, POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU,
INC.

Note: Table made from bar graph
MOST POPULOUS COUNTRIES

Top 10 most populous countries, in order of increasing size

               million

NIGERIA          126.6
JAPAN            127.1
BANGLADESH       133.5
RUSSIA           144.4
PAKISTAN         145.0
BRAZIL           171.8
INDONESIA        206.1
UNITED STATES    284.5
INDIA           1033.0
CHINA          1,273.3

SOURCE: 2001 WORLD POPULATION DATA SHEET, POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU,
INC.

Note: Table made from bar graph