Updated Data on EarthTrends: Population, Energy and More

EarthTrends - 2008-03-20

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In our continuing efforts to provide the most reliable and current information, the EarthTrends team has recently updated some of our most popular indicators, including the latest population estimates and fossil fuel production data, along with many others. Here are a few interesting factoids from this latest data. Test your global knowledge or discover even more interesting trends by accessing the full datasets below.

• The most densely populated country in the world:
  Singapore, with 6,699 people per square kilometer (the global average is 51!)
• Country with lowest life expectancy:
  In Swaziland, the average person lives only 31.2 years
• Country producing the most coal:
  China produces over one billion toe (tonnes of oil equivalent) of coal each year, nearly twice that of the second largest producer, the United States.

All Recently Updated Variables:

Population, Health and Human Well-Being
Population: Growth rate of total population
Population: Population density
Population: Total female population
Population: Total male population
Population: Total population, both sexes
Demographics: Crude birth rate
Demographics: Crude death rate
Demographics: Health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE)
Demographics: Life expectancy at birth, both sexes
Demographics: Life expectancy at birth, females
Demographics: Life expectancy at birth, males
Demographics: Net number of migrants
Demographics: Total fertility rate

Coastal and Marine Ecosystems
Trade in Fish and Fisheries Products: Exports, quantity
Trade in Fish and Fisheries Products: Exports, value
Trade in Fish and Fisheries Products: Imports, quantity
Trade in Fish and Fisheries Products: Imports, value

Agriculture and Food
Livestock: Buffalo stocks
Livestock: Camel stocks
Livestock: Cattle stocks
Livestock: Chicken stocks
Livestock: Duck stocks
Livestock: Equine (horses, mules, asses) stocks
Livestock: Goat stocks
Livestock: Sheep stocks
Livestock: Swine stocks
Livestock: Turkey stocks

Energy and Resources
Fossil Fuels: Coal production
Fossil Fuels: Natural gas production
Fossil Fuels: Oil production
Fossil Fuels: Proved coal reserves
Fossil Fuels: Proved natural gas reserves
Fossil Fuels: Proved oil reserves

Biodiversity and Protected Areas
Protected Areas: Biosphere reserves, number
Protected Areas: IUCN categories I-V, extent
Protected Areas: IUCN categories I-V, percent of total land area
Protected Areas: IUCN categories I-VI and Other, extent
Protected Areas: IUCN categories I-VI and Other, number
Protected Areas: IUCN categories I-VI and Other, percent of total land area
Protected Areas: Larger than 100,000 hectares, number
Protected Areas: Larger than one million hectares, number
Protected Areas: Marine and Littoral, number
Protected Areas: Transfrontier Protected Area Complexes
Protected Areas: Wetlands of international importance (Ramsar sites), number
Protected Areas: World heritage sites, extent
Protected Areas: World heritage sites, number
Protected Areas: World heritage sites, number in danger

Economics, Business and the Environment
National Savings: Adjusted Net Savings, percent of GNI
National Savings: Gross savings, percent of GNI
National Savings: Net National Savings, percent of GNI
Government Regulation: Cost to register property
Government Regulation: Cost to start a new business
Government Regulation: Time required to register property
Government Regulation: Time required to start a new business
Labor: Estimated earned annual income, female (non-agricultural)
Labor: Estimated earned annual income, male (non-agricultural)
Labor: Female legislators, senior officials and managers, percent of total
Labor: Female professional and technical workers, percent of total

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