Here we are again. It’s just me and you talking today.
Thanks for stopping by.
And once we move away from our little chat together, we will step out into the world.
A world where we will be surrounded by 8,039,588,435 people. It is growing by the second.
At any time, you can check the rolling number at https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/
At the moment I wrote this, the world’s most populous countries were:
1 China = 1,455,894,132
2 India =1,421,132,710
3 USA = 336,821,647
4 Indonesia = 282,309,581
5 Pakistan = 234,251,554
6 Nigeria = 222,301,279
7 Brazil = 217,104,952
8 Bangladesh = 169,664,931
9 Russia = 146,119,256
10 Mexico = 133,046,861
That’s 1.4 billion in China.
And 1.4 billion in India.
Then a big drop off to the USA at 336 million.
Here’s some news about the people in our world.
During the 20th century alone, the population in the world has grown from 1.65 billion to 6 billion. That is incredible to me. We sure got busy, didn’t we?
In 1970, there were roughly half as many people in the world as now. You can find out how many people were in the world during the year you were born if you want to. The day I came into the world, I was greeted by 3,168,931,649 people. Not all at once, mind you. But figuratively.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/interactive/2011/oct/24/how-big-worlds-population-born?CMP=twt_gu
Because of declining growth rates, it will now take over 200 years to double again. That sounds like a good thing to me. But. I’m wondering if an inhabitable Earth will still be around in 200 years. I can’t imagine what it will be like, given our screwups that have ruined the climate.
Here is how we go by religion.
According to a recent study (based on the 2010 world population of 6.9 billion) by The Pew Forum, there are:
• 2,173,180,000 Christians (31% of the world population), of which 50% are Catholic, 37% Protestant, 12% Orthodox, and 1% other.
• 1,598,510,000 Muslims (23%), of which 87-90% are Sunnis, 10-13% Shia.
• 1,126,500,000 No Religion affiliation (16%): atheists, agnostics and people who do not identify with any particular religion. One-in-five people (20%) in the United States are religiously unaffiliated.
• 1,033,080,000 Hindus (15%), the overwhelming majority (94%) of which live in India.
• 487,540,000 Buddhists (7%), of which half live in China.
• 405,120,000 Folk Religionists (6%): faiths that are closely associated with a particular group of people, ethnicity or tribe.
• 58,110,000 Other Religions (1%): Baha’i faith, Taoism, Jainism, Shintoism, Sikhism, Tenrikyo, Wicca, Zoroastrianism, and many others.
• 13,850,000 Jews (0.2%), four-fifths of which live in two countries: United States (41%) and Israel (41%).
There is so much to be explored at the Population Counter Page. Give it a look.
But it reminds me. About me. And you.
I believe that we are all unique beings who have a right to be here on Earth. We are all different in our own way, with our own unique personalities, experiences, and perspectives. We all have something to offer the world and deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
There are many scientific reasons why we are all unique. Our DNA is different from everyone else’s, and this makes us who we are. Our experiences also shape us, and no two people have had the exact same set of experiences. This means that we all have a unique perspective on the world and can offer something different to this human existence.
I believe that it is important to celebrate our uniqueness. We should also treat each other with respect, regardless of our differences.
I hope, someday, that we, collectively, can figure out a way to acknowledge and use our uniqueness and our shared humanity to create a better future for all.
I hope.
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Man – a being in search of meaning.
— Plato
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The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Give light and people will find the way.
— Ella Baker
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The world around us is a lot.
