I thought this was interesting, estimated statistics for 2011.
| 360,000 births per day | 151,600 people die each day | ||
| 15,000 births each hour | 6,316 people die each hour | ||
| World Population Estimate 6,948,542,820 (Nearly 7 Billion) | |||
That means the planet is growing at about 2.4% every year, based on my calculations.
| 1.8 billion People under age 15 years (26%) | |
| 4.4 billion People age 15-64 years (66%) | |
| 516 million people are 65 years and over (8%) (Half a Billion) |
Australia’s estimated population as at December 2010 is 22,557,266. That is approximately 0.32% of the world. We are a small number of people compared to the rest of the world.