Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Numbers of the Week, Demography Edition

Britain is getting more diverse and less religious, via the Economist:
88 - Percentage of British people who described themselves as "white British" in 2001.
81 - Percentage of British people who described themselves as "white British in 2011.
661,000 - Number of British people of mixed identity in 2001.
1,200,000 - Number of British people of mixed identity in 2011.
15 - Percentage of British people who said they have no religion in 2001.
25 - Percentage of British people who said they have no religion in 2011.

From the CIA World Factbook:
91.5 - Percentage of ethnically German people in Germany.
87.4 - Percentage of ethnically Irish people in Ireland.
80.5 - Percentage of ethnically Dutch people in the Netherlands.
91.5 - Percentage of ethnically Han Chinese people in China.

Global population in 2050, via Photius:
397,000,000 - America's projected population in 2050.
1,462,000,000 - China's projected population in 2050.
1,572,000,000 - India's projected population in 2050.
2,181,000,000 - India's projected population in 2050 if Pakistan and Bangladesh were still a part of India.

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