A time to live, a time to die

Measure World More developed countries Less developed countries Less developed countries (ex. China)                     Population: 6,705,479,000 1,226,837,000 5,478,643,000 4,153,935,000                   Births per:         Year 138,715,000 14,115,000 124,600,000 108,571,000   Month 11,559,583 1,176,250 10,383,333 9,047,583   Week 2,667,596 271,442 2,396,154 2,087,904   Day 380,041 38,671 341,370 297,455   Hour 15,835 1,611 14,224 12,394   Minute 264 27 237 207   Second 4.4 0.4 4.0 3.4                   Deaths per:   Year 56,777,000 12,159,000 44,618,000 35,438,000   Month 4,731,417 1,013,250 3,718,167 2,953,167   Week 1,091,865 233,827 858,038 681,500   Day 155,553 33,312 122,241 97,090   Hour 6,481 1,388 5,093 4,045   Minute 108 23 85 67   Second 1.8 0.4 1.4 1.1                   Natural Increase per:         Year 81,938,000 1,956,000 79,982,000 73,133,000   Month 6,828,167 163,000 6,665,167 6,094,417   Week 1,575,731 37,615 1,538,115 1,406,404   Day 224,488 5,359 219,129 200,364   Hour 9,354 223 9,130 8,349   Minute 156 4 152 139   Second 2.6 0.06 2.5 2.3                   Infant Deaths per:   Year 6,852,000 85,100 6,767,000 6,397,000   Month 571,000 7,092 563,917 533,083   Week 131,769 1,637 130,135 123,019   Day 18,773 233 18,540 17,526   Hour 782 10 772 730   Minute 13 0.2 13 12   Second 0.2 0.003 0.2 0.2

	United States	Italy	Dem. Rep. Congo
Population mid-2008	305 million	60 million	67 million
Population 2050 (projected)	438 million	62 million	189 million
Lifetime births per woman	2.1	1.3	6.5
Percent of population below age 15	20%	14%	47%
Percent of population ages 65+	13%	20%	3%
Life expectancy at birth	78 years	81 years	53 years
Annual births	4.3 million	568,120	2.9 million
Annual deaths	2.4 million	575,300	0.8 million
Annual births minus deaths	1.9 million	-7,200	2.1 million
Percent of population undernourished	<2.5%	<2.5%	74%

Source: Carl Haub and Mary Mederios Kent, 2008 World Population Data Sheet (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, 2008).