Surprising numbers on world population

[lunatica]

China has a population of 1,341,470,000. That's over a billion.

China has over a billion more people than the US does.

India has the second largest population. They have 1,192,110,000. Over a billion

The US has the third largest population. It has 310,548,000 people. over three million

Believe it or not Russia has a population of 141,927,297. Far less than the US.

and Japan has 127,390,000 people stuffed into that tiny island!

Mexico has less than Japan. It has a population of 112,322,757

fascinating for those who like this kind of statistics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population

[surrealAmerican]

1. I was surprised to find out we have more people than Indonesia.

I thought they were third.

[rug]

2. 1 out of every 5 human beings alive lives inside China.

[Inchworm]

3. I forget who posted this clock

But if you like these kinds of stats, it is pretty cool.

http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf

:hi:

[Bucky]

4. I remember when the world hit 4 billion and the US was only 200mil.

You people have GOT to quit having so much sex. I mean it. Turn off the Barry White music and cut that out this minute!

[NewJeffCT]

5. The Soviet Union had more than the US

back in the day. However, Ukraine has 45 million, Uzbekistan has 28 million, Kazakhstan has 16 million, etc...