World Population Day, July 11

Today is World Population Day. With the continuous rise of basic commodities such as food and fuel, I think we have to review our population to see that it is the root of our problem. Having a big demand for food and fuel, naturally the price of commodities would continue to rise. I was shocked to hear that this week, food prices in the Philippines rose to more than 50%. I am concerned if my family in the Philippines is doing well with the high inflation.

Here are some of the prices that are shocking:

-a kilo of NFA now costs 27 pesos from the former 18 pesos.
-a kilo of sugar now costs 50 pesos

Back to the World Population Day, with the help of the World Fact Book 2007-08 and the US Census Bureau, I will show in graph the world population in 2008, 6.7 billion in exact. It was expected that by 2050, world population would be 9.5 billion.

Top 10 countries with the largest population (millions)
1. China (1,330.0)
2. India (1,148.0)
3. U.S. (303.8)
4. Indonesia (237.5)
5. Brazil (191.9)
6. Pakistan (167.8)
7. Bangladesh (153.5)
8. Nigeria (146.3)
9. Russia (140.7)
10. Japan (127.3)

Top 10 most crowded countries and territories (humans/sq km)
1. Monaco (16,818)
2. Macau (16,341)
3. Singapore (6,652)
4. Hong Kong (6,427)
5. Gibraltar (4,308)
6. Vatican City (1,873)
7. Malta (1,277)
8. Maldives (1,264)
9. Bermuda (1,248)
10. Bahrain (1,080)

2008 World Population by Continent
1. Oceania - 33 million
2. North America – 337 million
3. South America and the Caribbean – 575 million
4. Europe – 729 million
5. Africa – 954 million
6. Asia – 4 billion

World Population Facts:
- 6 out of 10 people in the world are Asians
- 369,755 people are born in one day
- 150,835 people dies in a day
- 218,920 people are added in the global population daily

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