1. The United States Vs. The World Vs. The World

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

3. The United States is the 3 rd largest country in the world. World Rankings – Russia – Canada – United States – Canada

4. The United States is the 3 rd 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

5. How many people are there on Earth? World Population

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

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

9. World Population Density wikimedia.org

10. Population Density 1 dot=100,000 people siskiyous.org

11. Energy Usage at Night U.S. Census Bureau

13. World Physical Map

14. Literacy Rate- average percentage of people who can read and write over the age of 15 World Literacy Rate Map

15. United States Literacy Rate 99%

16. World Literacy Rate 82%

17. Illiteracy Rate Burkina Faso 76% Mali 76% Chad 74% Niger 71% Guinea 70% Benin 65%

18. Religion United States Christian-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%

19. World Religions Christian-33% Muslim-21% Hindus-13% Buddhist-6% Sikhs-0.35% Jews-0.25% Other-12% Non-Religious-14.40% http://www.dreamstime.com/

20. 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 Macau Andorra 82.6 Andorra Japan 82 Japan Singapore 81.8 Singapore San Marino 81.8 San Marino Hong Kong 81.77 Hong Kong Australia 81.5 Australia Canada 81.1 Canada

21. World Life Expectancy wikimedia.org

22. UNITED STATES Consumption 20 million barrels a day Production 7.4 million barrels a day Percentage of World Population- under 5% WORLD Consumption 80 million barrels a day Production 78.9 million barrels a day World Population- 6.8 billion

23. Other Comparisons Using GIS(Geographic Information Systems) Map layering Software National Atlas GIS Map Layering