The United States

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The United States

• Vs.
• The World

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Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness..

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The United States is the 3rd largest country in
the world.

• World Rankings
• Russia
• Canada
• United States
• Canada

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The United States is the 3rd most populous
country in the world

• World Rankings
• China-1.3 billion
• India 1.095 billion
• United States 303.8 million
• Indonesia 237 million
• Brazil 196 million

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How many people are there on Earth?
World Population

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OTHER WORLD RANKINGS

• ACCORDING TO CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
• World 6,706,993,152
• China 1,330,044,544
• India 1,147,995,904
• European Union 491,018,683
• United States 303,824,640
• Indonesia 237,512,352
• Brazil 196,342,592

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Population Density- average number of people
living in a square mile
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World Population Density
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Population Density 1 dot100,000 people

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Energy Usage at Night

• U.S. Census Bureau

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World Physical Map
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Literacy Rate- average percentage of people who
can read and write over the age of 15

• World Literacy Rate Map

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United States Literacy Rate 99










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World Literacy Rate 82










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Illiteracy Rate

• Burkina Faso 76
• Mali 76
• Chad 74
• Niger 71
• Guinea 70
• Benin 65

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Religion United States

• Christian-78.5
• Protestant-51.3
• Roman Catholic-23.9
• Mormon 1.7
• other Christian 1.6
• Jewish-1.7
• Buddhist-0.7
• Muslim-0.6
• Unaffiliated-12, Unspecified 2.5

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World Religions

• Christian-33
• Muslim-21
• Hindus-13
• Buddhist-6
• Sikhs-0.35
• Jews-0.25
• Other-12
• Non-Religious-14.40

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Life Expectancy- average number of years a person
is expected to live in a given area

• United States 78 years

• World-66.26 years
• Macau 84.3
• Andorra 82.6
• Japan 82
• Singapore 81.8
• San Marino 81.8
• Hong Kong 81.77
• Australia 81.5
• Canada 81.1

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World Life Expectancy

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The Fossil Fuel-OIL

• UNITED STATES
• Consumption
• 20 million barrels a day
• Production
• 7.4 million barrels a day
• Percentage of World Population- under 5

• WORLD
• Consumption
• 80 million barrels a day
• Production
• 78.9 million barrels a day
• World Population- 6.8 billion

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Other ComparisonsUsing GIS(Geographic
Information Systems)Map layering Software

• National Atlas
• GIS Map Layering