The United States

Vs.The World

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness……..

The United States is the 3rd largest country in the world.

• World Rankings–Russia–Canada–United States–Canada

The United States is the 3rd most populous country in the world

• World Rankings– China-1.3 billion– India 1.095 billion– United States 303.8 million– Indonesia 237 million– Brazil 196 million

How many people are there on Earth?

World Population

OTHER WORLD RANKINGS

ACCORDING TO CIA WORLD FACTBOOK• World 6,706,993,152 • China 1,330,044,544 • India 1,147,995,904 • European Union 491,018,683 • United States 303,824,640 • Indonesia 237,512,352 • Brazil 196,342,592

Population Density- average number of people living in a square mile

World Population Densitywikimedia.org

Population Density 1 dot=100,000 people

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Energy Usage at Night

U.S. Census Bureau

World Physical Map

Literacy Rate- average percentage of people who can read and write over

the age of 15World Literacy Rate Map

United States Literacy Rate 99%

World Literacy Rate 82%

Illiteracy Rate

Burkina Faso 76%Mali 76%Chad 74%Niger 71%Guinea 70%Benin 65%

Religion United StatesChristian-78.5%

Protestant-51.3%Roman Catholic-23.9%Mormon 1.7%other Christian 1.6%

Jewish-1.7%Buddhist-0.7%Muslim-0.6%Unaffiliated-12%, Unspecified 2.5%

World Religions

Christian-33%Muslim-21%Hindus-13%Buddhist-6%Sikhs-0.35%Jews-0.25%Other-12%Non-Religious-14.40%

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Life Expectancy- average number of years a person is expected to live in a given area

• United States 78 years • World-66.26 years• Macau 84.3• Andorra 82.6• Japan 82 • Singapore 81.8• San Marino 81.8• Hong Kong 81.77• Australia 81.5• Canada 81.1

World Life Expectancy

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UNITED STATES Consumption

20 million barrels a dayProduction

7.4 million barrels a dayPercentage of World

Population- under 5%

WORLD Consumption

80 million barrels a dayProduction

78.9 million barrels a dayWorld Population- 6.8 billion

Other Comparisons

Using GIS(Geographic Information Systems)

Map layering Software

• National Atlas• GIS Map

Layering