World Population Millions 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 8000BC 6000 4000 2000
World Population 6 5 4 3 2 1 .5 0 1000 2000 2000 1960 1870 Billions 0 1000 2000 Clinton, Stephen M. Apr., 2005. “21st Century Population Factors and Leadership of Spiritual Movements,” Bulletin of the Evangelical Missiological Society.
Reasons for Change Before 1600 half the children did not live long enough to reproduce. After 1648 modern medicine and sanitation began. After 1800 the Industrial Revolution began, and we could feed, house, medicate, employee, and educate more people
The U.N. and other groups agree on this projected growth World Population 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1000 2050 The U.N. and other groups agree on this projected growth
Implications for Growth On average, every city on earth will double by 2050. 8 billion babies will be born, attend school, need medication, and to find jobs and housing. Traffic will double Housing will double Productive land and water will not double. The carrying capacity of the planet is about 6-10 billion people Population may be the major issue of our future
Comparative Analysis Size Russia 17.0 M sq.kl. Canada 9.9 U.S. 9.6 China 9.5 Brazil 8.5 Australia 7.6 Europe 3.9 India 3.2 Argentina 2.7
Comparative Analysis Population 2012 World 7.2 China 1.3 India 1.0 Europe .5 U.S. .35 Indonesia .25 Brazil .2 Pakistan .16 Bangladesh .14 Russia .14
Comparative Analysis Economy 2012 World 55.5T U.S. 11.7 Europe 11.6 China 7.2 Japan 3.7 India 3.3 Brazil 1.5 Russia 1.4 Canada 1.0 Mexico 1.0
Comparative Analysis World Religions 2012 Christian 2.3B RC 1.1 Protestant .66 Orthodox .24 Other .3 Islam 1.5 Hindu .9 Theistic .6 Chinese traditional .6 Atheistic .5 Buddhist .37 Animism .3 All other .13