On 1st January 2002 the governments of the world got together and counted how many people there are on Earth. In total living on the Earth are... 6,200,000,000 people. That number is 6 billion 200 million!

22 people would speak Chinese 9 people would speak English 8 people would speak Hindi 7 people would speak Spanish 4 people would speak Bengali 4 people would speak Arabic 3 people would speak Portuguese 3 people would speak Russian

32 people would be Christians 19 people would be Muslim 13 people would be Hindus 12 people would be follow folk religions 6 people would be Buddhists 1 person would be Jewish 2 people would be follow other global religions like Sikhism or Shintoism 15 people would be non religious

50 people in the village don’t have a reliable source of food and are hungry some or all of the time! Another 20 people in the village are close to starving. Only 30 people in the village always have enough to eat.

The richest 20 people earn over £5,600 per year - that is roughly £15 a day The poorest 20 people each have less than 65p a day! This is not enough to buy the food and shelter that they need.