Contem. global Issues statistics Quiz #2

Rome

First city in the world to have more than 1 million people; 5 A.D.

World population in 5 A.D.

170 million

Rome fell

410 A.D.

Time after Rome fell before another metropolis reached 1 million

17 centuries

Beijing

First large city in the modern era to exceed 1 million population; 1800

Developed world urban population in 1955

55%

Developed world urban population in 2000

76%

Expected developed world urban population in 2025

82%

Developing world urban population in 1950

18%

Developing world urban population in 2000

40%

Expected developing world urban population in 2025

54%

India's expected population in 2050

1.6 billion

India's expected population growth by 2050

52%

Africa's expected population in 2050

1.9 billion

Africa's population growth by 2050

Double

Asian and African urban population by 2030

Over 50%

Latin America and Caribbean urban population by 2030

84%

Megacities in developing world

Two-thirds of the world's megacities

Megacities by 2015

33

Megacities in developing world by 2015

27

Most populous city in 2008

Tokyo, Japan

2nd most populous city in 2008

São Paulo, Brazil

3rd most populous city in 2008

Mexico City

4th most populous city in 2008

New York

5th most populous city in 2008

Bombay/Mumbai, India

Largest city in 2015

Tokyo, Japan

New York's position in 2015

7th place

Cities following New York in 2015

Jakarta, Calcutta, Karachi, Lagos

Cities following New York in 2015: Jakarta

Indonesia

Cities following New York in 2015: Calcutta

India

Cities following New York in 2015: Karachi

Pakistan

Cities following New York in 2015: Lagos

Nigeria

Cities with 3+ pollutants exceeding WHO guidelines

Mexico City, Beijing, Cairo, Jakarta, Los Angeles, São Paulo, Moscow

Number of cities with 3+ pollutants exceeding WHO guidelines

7

World population facing malnutrition

About 20%

Countries importing wheat

Over 100 countries

Countries importing rice

About 40 countries

Egypt's grain supply from imports

40%

Iran's grain supply from imports

40%

Algeria's grain supply from imports

70% or more

Japan's grain supply from imports

70% or more

South Korea's grain supply from imports

70% or more

Taiwan's grain supply from imports

70% or more

Israel's grain supply from imports

Over 90%

Yemen's grain supply from imports

Over 90%

Six countries supplying 90% of grain exports

U.S., Canada, France, Australia, Argentina, Thailand

U.S. share of world's grain exports

About half

U.S. grain exports compared to Saudi Arabia's oil

U.S. controls a larger share of grain exports than Saudi Arabia controls of oil

Heavy importers of grain

Small to medium size countries

China's future grain imports

Major imports from world markets

U.S. soybean export restriction

Soybeans to Japan in 1974

World oil consumption

About 80 million barrels a day

Estimated world oil demand in 2030

121 million barrels a day

U.S. oil production peak

11 million barrels a day in 1970

U.S. oil production in 2004

Just above 5 million barrels a day

U.S. oil consumption

About 20 million barrels a day

U.S. oil imports

About two-thirds of its oil

Russia's share of total world oil production since 2000

Nearly 40%

Saudi Arabia's planned capacity increase

15%

Saudi Arabia's planned oil capacity

More than 12 million barrels a day

Asia's oil consumption exceeded North America's

2005–2006

Major Asian sources of increased oil demand

China and India

Belgium electricity from nuclear power

58%

Sweden electricity from nuclear power

45%

South Korea electricity from nuclear power

40%

Switzerland electricity from nuclear power

37%

Japan electricity from nuclear power

31%

Spain electricity from nuclear power

27%

UK electricity from nuclear power

23%

France electricity from nuclear power

More than 75%

Biggest user of nuclear energy

France

Brazil's position in biofuel industry

World's second-largest, just behind the U.S.

Brazilian cars using biofuels

40% of fuel consumed

Brazil's electricity from biofuel

15%

Brazilian biofuel source

Burning of sugar cane waste

World languages

About 7,102

Languages in Asia

2,301

Languages in Africa

2,138

Languages in the Pacific

1,313

Languages in the Americas

1,064

Languages in Europe

286

Languages with fewer than 1,000 original speakers

About 2,000

Chinese speakers

1.39 billion

Hindi-Urdu speakers

588 million

English speakers

527 million

Arabic speakers

467 million

Spanish speakers

389 million

Russian speakers

254 million

Bengali speakers

250 million

Portuguese speakers

193 million

German speakers

132 million

Japanese speakers

123 million

French speakers

118 million

Italian speakers

67 million

English countries

101

Arabic countries

60

French countries

51

Chinese countries

33

Spanish countries

31

Persian countries

29