POPULATIONS PICTURE

PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL POPULATION LIVING IN URBAN AREAS, 1960–2010 COUNTING CHICKENS, 2010

4600m
CHINA

A snapshot of populations around the world

3.6 CHICKENS TO 1 PERSON
POPULATION PYRAMIDS
UK 2013

2100m
AGE GROUP USA
100+
95 – 99
90 – 94
85 – 89
80 – 84
6.84 CHICKENS TO 1 PERSON
75 – 79
70 – 74
65 – 69
60 – 64

1960 2010
55 – 59
50 – 54 UK

150m
45 – 49
40 – 44
35 – 39
30 – 34
25 – 29 2.4 CHICKENS TO 1 PERSON
20 – 24
15 – 19
10 – 14
30% 70%
URBAN RURAL
50% 50%
URBAN RURAL
5–9
Sources: economist.com/blogs/dailychat/2011/07/
0–4
global-livestock-counts, DEFRA farming statistics
3 2.4 1.8 1.2 0.6 0 0 0.6 1.2 1.8 2.4 3 Source: www.healthinternetwork.com/gho/urban_health/situation_trends/urban_population_growth/en/ (UK chicken population), Office for National
Population (in millions) Population (in millions) Statistics (UK human population)
INDIA 2013
AGE GROUP ONLINE POPULATIONS RELIANCE ON THE HONEYBEE

1 IN 3
100+
95 – 99
90 – 94
85 – 89
80 – 84 MOUTHFULS OF THE FOOD
75 – 79 WORLD WE EAT DEPENDENT ON
BEE POLLINATION
70 – 74
65 – 69 POPULATION

1 BILLION
60 – 64 IN 1804
55 – 59
50 – 54
45 – 49
40 – 44
35 – 39
30 – 34
25 – 29
20 – 24 PEOPLE USING
15 – 19 FACEBOOK
10 – 14
5–9 IN 2012
0–4 Source: AM Klein et al. Proceedings of the Royal
Source: Atlantic, 4 October 2012 Society B: Biological Sciences 274:303–13
65 52 39 26 13 0 0 13 26 39 52 65
Population (in millions) Population (in millions)
HUMAN POPULATION: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
BOTSWANA 2013
AGE GROUP 16
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100+ 15
BEFORE 1950 (ESTIMATED)
FINDING DATA
95 – 99 14
90 – 94
13 1950–2010 (ACTUAL)
85 – 89
80 – 84 12 PROJECTIONS 2010 ONWARDS Putting this diagram together, we
75 – 79 11 (USING HIGH UNITED found that different sources gave
70 – 74 NATIONS ESTIMATES)
65 – 69 10 different numbers for the same thing.
Population x 106

60 – 64 9 PROJECTIONS 2010 ONWARDS Why don’t they match?

55 – 59 (USING MEDIUM UNITED
8 NATIONS ESTIMATES) Well, data can be interpreted in
50 – 54
45 – 49 7 different ways, and estimates can be
PROJECTIONS 2010 ONWARDS
40 – 44 6 (USING LOW UNITED made using different methods and/or
35 – 39 NATIONS ESTIMATES) baseline data. Definitions matter, too
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30 – 34
25 – 29 4 – different sources might define ‘size’
20 – 24 3 or ‘time’ differently.
15 – 19 Which should you choose? The
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0–4 0 reliable? How valid is the original
study? Are the figures recent? How
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Population (in thousands) Population (in thousands) Year might an organisation’s ‘agenda’ affect
how it calculates and presents data?
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook 2013–14 Source: Loren Cobb, compiled using US Census Bureau historical estimates and UN Population Division 2010 projections