This document summarizes population statistics from around the world, the United States, and local areas. It finds that while the global population growth rate is around 1.5% annually, the US growth rate has slowed to 1% due to declining birth rates. Life expectancy globally is 66 years but 77.9 years in the US, where non-Hispanic white males live the longest on average. Minority populations are growing in the US, and will become the majority by 2050.

1. POPULATION

2. • World Birth Rate 24/1000

3. • U.S. Birth Rate 14/1000

4. • PA Birth Rate 13.7/1000

5. • U.S. Teenage Birth Rate
21/1000 ages 15 - 17
(A decline since peaking in 1991 but
still the highest among developed
countries)
For black teens the rate is 114.8/1000

6. • White babies born out - of- wedlock
22%

7. • Black babies born out - of - wedlock
70%

8. • World Mortality Rate 9/1000

9. • U.S. Mortality Rate 7/1000

10. • World Infant Mortality Rate 59/1000

11. • U.S. Infant Mortality Rate 6.9/1000

12. • White Infant Mortality Rate 6.9/1000

13. • Black Infant Mortality Rate 16.8/1000

14. • PA Infant Mortality Rate 10.2/1000

15. • US Child Mortality 7/1000
• Avg. 3rd World Countries 158/1000

16. • Abortion Rate 21/1000
• Abortion Rate for Unmarried Women
400/1000

17. • Cancer is the leading cause of death in
the US as of Jan. 2005.

18. • Lung cancer accounts for almost 1/3 of
all cancers.

19. • World Life Expectancy 66

20. • U.S. Life Expectancy 77.9
• The US ranks 42nd
in the world. Japan is
first at 82.

21. • Male Life Expectancy (U.S.) 74.5

22. • Female Life Expectancy (U.S.) 79.9

23. • White Female Life Expectancy is about
6 years longer than non-white female

24. • White Male life Expectancy is about 8
years longer than non-white male.

25. • White female life expectancy is 15
years longer than non-white male

26. • Sex Ratio in U.S.: 96/100
(50/100 for blacks)

27. • U.S. Fertility Rate: 2.1 Children/Woman

28. • World Fertility Rate:
2.7 Children/Woman

29. • Zero Population Growth (ZPG) = 2
children per couple

30. • US Growth Rate for 2003 was 1%

31. • World Growth Rate 1.5%

32. Growth rate of a country is computed by
adding and subtracting
• natural increase (births - deaths)
• net immigration (immigration -
emigration)
• Result divided by population base

33. Population of Earth
• 1 300,000,000
• 1650 600,000,000
• 1850 1,200,000,000
• 1930 2,000,000,000
• 1960 3,000,000,000
• 1975 4,000,000,000
• 1987 5,000,000,000
• 1999 6,000,000,000
• 2003 6,300,000,000
• 2300 9,000,000,000

34. • China and India each have > 1 Billion

35. • 50% of Earth’s population live on 5% of
the land

36. • 73.5% of U.S. population live on 1.5% of
U.S. land (Over 50% of our population
lives within 50 miles of a coastline)

37. • Density of Earth 96/sq. mi.

38. • Density of U.S. 84/sq. mi.

39. • Density of N.Y.C.20,000/sq. mi.
The population of N.Y.C. > 42 of the 50
states

40. • Density of India 606/sq. mi.

41. • Density of Calcutta 85,000/sq. mi.

42. • The population of India equals the
combined population of U.S., Canada,
Mexico, Central America, South
America, France and Spain. They live
in an area equivalent to the U.S. east of
the Mississippi River)

43. • Non - White Population of U.S =
app. 30%

44. • Hispanic 13.5%

45. • African American 12.7%

46. • Asian 4%

47. • Native American 1%

48. • By the middle of the 21st century,
minorities will outnumber whites

49. • Legal immigrants account for 6% of our
population.

50. • 23% of all people born in the US have a
foreign-born mother. 59% of them are
Hispanic.

51. • By the year 2025, 83% of the world’s
population will live in Africa, Asia and
Latin America

52. • Median Age in U.S. 35.3

53. • There are more people alive today who
are age 65 and over than ever before .
In fact, 1/2 of all those who ever lived to
this age are alive today.

54. • 12% of the population is over 65.

55. Local Population
• Selinsgrove 5,384
• Shamokin Dam 1,690
• Middleburg 1,422
• Freeburg 640
• Sunbury App. 11,000
• Snyder County 37,546 (2000)
• Northumberland County 94,556
• Union County 41, 624
• Columbia County 64, 151
• Juniata County 22,821
• Montour County 18,236

56. • PA Population 12 million (2000)

57. • US Population 300,888,812 (1/07)
• Projected to grow to 400 million by
2050

58. • The Us registers 1 birth every 8 seconds
• 1 Death every 11 seconds
• 1 Immigrant every 27 seconds

59. • World Population 6.4 Billion (12/04)