A Growing Inequality – Mother Jones
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Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free _Mother Jones Daily_. The following statistics highlight the urgency of the drive for lower
consumption–and birthrates. WORLD POPULATION 1965: 3.3 billion 1995: 5.7 billion 2025, midlevel projection: 8.3 billion NET POPULATION INCREASE per second: 3 per hour: 10,600 per day:
254,000 PERCENTAGE USE OF BIRTH CONTROL WORLDWIDE 1983: 45% 1994: 57% FERTILITY RATE PER WOMAN WORLDWIDE 1950: 4.97 1990: 3.38 FERTILITY RATE IN ITALY, 1990 (WORLD’S LOWEST): 1.3 FERTILITY
RATE IN RWANDA, 1990 (WORLD’S HIGHEST): 8.5 PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION IN DEVELOPING WORLD 1965: 71% 1995: 80% 2025: 85% PERCENTAGE OF WORLD’S POPULATION IN URBAN AREAS 1965: 36% 1995: 45%
2025: 61% WORLD’S LARGEST URBAN AREA, 1995 Tokyo: 26.8 million ANNUAL CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY PER CAPITA (expressed in kilograms of oil) United States: 7,662 China: 601 Mali: 22 CARBON DIOXIDE
EMISSIONS PER CAPITA, 1991 United States: 19.53 metric tons China: 2.20 metric tons Mali: 0.04 metric tons