Facts About Population - strangefacts

• In Uganda half the population is under 15

• The world’s population has been increased 3.1 billion in last 40 years

• Approximately one-third of the population can't snap their fingers!

• The minority population of Los Angeles County, California (7,000,000 people) is larger than the total population of 38 states

• Loving County, Texas is the emptiest county in the United States. The population in 2004 was 52 people. Yet it still received $30,000 in anti-terrorism funds from Homeland Security

                                                     

• In 2030, almost half of the United States' population growth will be in three states: California, Florida and Texas.

• The world population of chickens is about equal to the number of people

• The world's population grows by 100 million each year. Some 950 million people in the world are malnourished

• 5% of the world population lives in the US but 22% of the world's prisons population are held in the US

• In 1800 on 50 cities on earth had a population of more than 100,000

• Medical reports show that about 18% of the population are prone to sleepwalking