| Monday, March 12, 2007 |
| CHINA COUNTS .... AND COUNTS |
TOTALLING UP MORE THAN A BILLION PEOPLE IS JUST THE BEGINNING,THERE'S STEEL PRODUCTION,(25%) makeup sales (up 19%) and the number of "large domestic animals" that suffered from a shortage of drinking water last year (29.36 million). From rice harvests to sports medals, China's new census quantifies all the ways a poor country is getting rich. The U.S. leads the economic race, but China is sprinting to catch up.
CHINA(pop. 1,314,480,000)..............................USA(pop. 301,325,000)
GDP...$2.7 Trillion $2,054 per person......................... GDP...$13.2 trillion $43,950 per person
TAXES COLLECTED
$486 billion $370 per person....................................... $2.5 trillion $8,297 per person
BALANCE OF TRADE
$177.5 billion surplus.................................................... $225 billion deficit
CELL PHONE USERS
461 million 35 per 100 people ...................................... 219 million 73 per 100 people
CABLE TELEVISION SUBSCRIBERS
139 million 11 per 100 people ........................................... 100 million 37 per 100 people
AIRLINE PASSENGERS
160 million ........................................................................ 658 million
FOREIGN VISITORS
22 million 9% from the U.S.................................................. 51 million 1% from China
PRIVATE CARS
11.5 million 9 per 1,000 people .......................................... 136.4 million 450 per 1,000 people
DEATHS IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
89,455 ................................................................................ 48,433
PRACTICING DOCTORS
1.97 million 15 per 10,000 people ......................................... 745,000 25 per 10,000 people
FEATURE FILMS PRODUCED
330 ........................................................................................ 699
(Source: Abstracted from TIMEMAG Notebook by Jackson Dykman) |
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