Population and Settlement

People of the Land: There is more people than ever!

- over 7.5 billion people on the planet right now
- increasing by over 73 million per year
- by approx. 200,000 per day
- 90% of this population growth takes place in the developing countries of Africa, South and East Asia, and Latin America
- Current World Population: over 7 billion
- Population Growth this year: 67 million

Population in billions:

- Population of one billion in 1804, 10,000 plus years that elapsed
- two billion in 1927, 123 years elapsed
- three billion in 1960, 33 years elapsed
- four billion in 1974, 14 years elapsed (year when they had birth control)
- five billion in 1987, 13 years elapsed
- six billion in 1999, 12 years elapsed
- seven billion in 2011, 12 years elapsed

The average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year:

High: Monaco (89.52 total: 85.63 men, 93.58 women)
#42: United States (79.68 total: 77.32 men, 81.97 women)
Low: Chad (49.81 total: 48.64 men, 51.03 women)