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Population Connection
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Suite 500
Washington, DC
20037
202-332-2200
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Population and Environmental Data
» Download the PDFA data chart which lists population and environmental data for regions of the world, as well as the 15 most populous countries.
Facts and Background:
» American Energy Use Graphic
A bar graph that compares American energy use to other countries around the world.
» Human Population J-Curve
A graph of the exponential growth of humans.
» Troubled Water
A secondary-level reading on the availability, use, and contamination of fresh water.
Activities:
» Food for Thought
A simulation where students populate "continents" drawn to scale in yarn on the classroom floor and discuss how people and resources are distributed worldwide.
» Living on $500 a Year
Students complete a reading and other exercises to examine the lifestyles of the world's "Haves" and "Have-Nots."
» The Stork and the Grim Reaper
The carrying capacity of a finite planet is demonstrated by two students, who use dippers to simulate the birth rate and death rate.
» Water, Water Everywhere
A demonstration of where water can be found in the world.
» World Population Video
This seven minute film depicts the history of human population growth and distribution from 1 AD through the present, then projects future growth to the year 2030.
Eight frames of the video are presented here: the opening in 1 AD; then skipping ahead to 1800, when the population reached the first billion, followed by the years in which the population reached each successive billion; and the closing frame at 2030, showing the 8.2 billion people expected to inhabit the Earth by then if current growth rates continue.
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