Population
Figure
1.1 Global Population, historical and predicted; by region. Oceania includes
Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, and Australasia which is made up of
Australia, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and various islands of
the Malay Archipelago [1].
|
Major Regions |
Population, 1999 (millions) |
Population growth rate (%
annual) |
Life expectancy at birth
(years) |
Total fertility rate (average
number of children per woman) |
Contraceptive use, 1990s (%
currently married women) |
|
World |
5,978 |
1.4 |
65 |
2.7 |
58 |
|
More Developed Regions |
1,185 |
0.3 |
75 |
1.6 |
70 |
|
Less Developed Regions |
4,793 |
1.6 |
63 |
3.0 |
55 |
|
Africa |
767 |
2.4 |
51 |
5.1 |
20 |
|
Asia |
3,634 |
1.4 |
66 |
2.6 |
60 |
|
Europe |
729 |
0.0 |
73 |
1.4 |
72 |
|
Latin America and the
Caribbean |
511 |
1.6 |
69 |
2.7 |
66 |
|
Northern America |
307 |
0.8 |
77 |
1.9 |
71 |
|
Oceania |
30 |
1.3 |
74 |
2.4 |
64 |
Table 1.1 Global population growth, life expectancy, fertility and
contraceptive use, 1995-2000 by region [1].
Figure 1.3 Historical fertility rates and projections for various
populations [1].
water and food
|
Major Regions |
Renewable Water Resource ( |
Total Freshwater Withdrawal ( |
Per Capita Withdrawn ( |
Percentage Withdrawn to
Renewable Resource |
Dom. Use % |
Ind. Use % |
Ag. Use % |
|
Africa |
5723.5 |
213.24 |
202 |
3.7 |
24 |
8 |
68 |
|
Asia |
15436.2 |
2294.84 |
797 |
14.9 |
15 |
8 |
76 |
|
Europe |
7507.4 |
392.22 |
557 |
5.2 |
26 |
50 |
24 |
|
North and Central America |
7620.8 |
622.48 |
260 |
8.2 |
40 |
36 |
23 |
|
South America |
16325.7 |
164.62 |
332 |
1.0 |
14 |
8 |
75 |
|
Oceania |
1669.3 |
26.34 |
363 |
1.6 |
34 |
19 |
46 |
Table 1.3 Global water resources and Freshwater
Withdrawn in 2000. The last three columns give the percent Domestic, Industrial
and Agricultural use respectively (percentages may not add to exactly 100% due
to rounding). Per capita figures are given as 
per person per year and include water used for industrial and
agricultural uses [8], [9]; individual domestic water use per person is
significantly different (see text and reference [7]).
Fig. 1.4 Global livestock Production. [13], [14]
Figure 1.5 Global Fish Production, 1950 to 2005 [13].
waste
Figure 1.6 United States municipal waste since 1960 [16].
Figure 1.7 Approximately 228 million metric tons of municipal
waste was produced in the United States in 2006 [16]. Of this about a third was
recycled.
Figure 1.8 Global metal emissions of five industrially important
heavy metals, not including natural sources. Each data point represents a 10
year average for the previous ten years [17], [18], [19], [20].
Fig 1.9 The near record ozone hole of September 11, 2003. Courtesy
of NASA’s astronomy picture of the day web site [23].
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