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Time Zones of the World


Time Zones of the World

 


Time Zones of the World

 
World Maps
 
Selected Facts about the World
The planet's population continues to explode: from 1 billion in 1820, to 2 billion in 1930, 3 billion in 1960, 4 billion in 1974, 5 billion in 1988, and 6 billion in 2000.  For the 21st century, the continued exponential growth in science and technology raises both hopes (e.g., advances in medicine) and fears (e.g., development of even more lethal weapons of war).
Geographic Overview
The surface of the earth is approximately 70.9% water and 29.1% land.  The former portion is divided into large water bodies termed oceans.  The World Factbook recognizes and describes five oceans, which are in decreasing order of size:   the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean.

The land portion is generally divided into several, large, discrete landmasses termed continents.  Depending on the convention used, the number of continents can vary from five to seven.  The most common classification recognizes seven, which are (from largest to smallest):   Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.  Asia and Europe are sometimes lumped together into a Eurasian continent resulting in six continents.  Alternatively, North and South America are sometimes grouped as simply the Americas, resulting in a continent total of six (or five, if the Eurasia designation is used).
Area   Population   Internet Users
Land: 148.94 million sq km
Water: 361.132 million sq km
 
Total: 510.072 million sq km
(70.9% of the world's surface is
water, 29.1% is land)
  6,677,563,921
(July 2008 est.)
 
1,018,057,389
(2005)
         
Area - Comparative   Age structure   Labor force by occupation
Land area about 16 times the size of the United States  
0-14 years: 27%
15-64 years: 65%
65 years and over: 8%
(2008 est.)


 
Agriculture: 40.2%
Services: 39.3%
Industry: 20.5%
(2007 est.)
 
Elevation extremes   Median age   Labor Force
Lowest point:
Bentley Subglacial Trench -2,540 m
 
Highest point:
Mount Everest 8,850 m
 
In the oceanic realm, Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench is the lowest point, lying -10,924 m below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.
 
Male: 27.4 years
Female: 28.7 years
(2008 est.)
 
Life expectancy at birth
Male: 64.18 years
Female: 68.2 years
Total population: 66.12 years
(2008 est.)
  3.131 billion
(2007 est.)
 
OIL *
Production Consumption
78.9 million bbl/day
(2005 est.)

80.29 million bbl/day
(2005 est.)
Imports Exports Proved reserves
63.18 million bbl/day
(2004)
63.76 million bbl/day
(2004)
1.331 trillion bbl
(January 2006 est.)
* bbl = barrels
 
Natural resources   Languages   Exports
The rapid depletion of nonrenewable mineral resources, the depletion of forest areas and wetlands, the extinction of animal and plant species, and the deterioration in air and water quality (especially in Eastern Europe, the former USSR, and China) pose serious long-term problems that governments and peoples are only beginning to address.
 
 
Land Use
Arable land: 13.31%
Permanent crops: 4.71%
Other: 81.98%
(2005)
 
Mandarin Chinese - 13.22
Spanish - 4.88%,
English - 4.68%
Arabic - 3.12%
Hindi - 2.74%
Portuguese - 2.69%
Bengali - 2.59%
Russian - 2.2%
Japanese - 1.85%
Standard German - 1.44%
Wu Chinese - 1.17%
(2005 est.)
 
(note: percents are for
"first language" speakers only)
 
The world exports a whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and services.  The top ten world exports in terms of share of world trade:
 
Electrical machinery, including computers - 14.8%
 
Mineral fuels, including oil, coal, gas, and refined products - 14.4%
 
Nuclear reactors, boilers, and parts - 14.2%
 
Cars, trucks, and buses - 8.9%
 
Scientific and precision instruments - 3.5%
 
Plastics - 3.4%
 
Iron and steel - 2.7%
 
Organic chemicals - 2.6%
 
Pharmaceutical products - 2.6%
 
Diamonds, pearls, and precious stones - 1.9%
(2006 est.)
       
       
       
 
 
Information extracted from: CIA - The World Factbook
Data extracted is accurate as of June 2008
 
Maps of World Ruling Empires
Empire of Alexander the Great Assyrian and Babylonian Empires
Ottoman Empire Persian Empire
 
 


 
 
 
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