[Wall Street History returns 10/1]
I was reading a piece in USA Today this week, one on the record
number of centenarians in Japan, now 23,038, and I thought I
would explore the source of the information, the CIA World
Factbook, to see what I could come up with in terms of important
economic data across the globe.
Population growth, or lack thereof, for example, is a key factor
when government officials look at things like future spending on
entitlements, such as for pension and health care programs. Just
look at the debate in the United States that is heating up anew as
the baby boomers begin to retire.
In addition, some of the other data I include is important from a
geo-political standpoint, such as in the case of India and China.
But the bottom line is all of us should be somewhat familiar with
much of the following.
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Total World Population…6,379,157,000 (July 2004 est.)
1. China………..1,298,847,000
2. India…………1,065,070,000
3. United States….293,027,000
4. Indonesia………238,452,000
5. Brazil………….184,101,000
6. Pakistan……….159,196,000
7. Russia………….143,782,000
8. Bangladesh…….141,340,000
9. Nigeria………..137,253,000
10. Japan…………127,333,000
11. Mexico………104,959,000
14. Germany……….82,424,000
17. Turkey…………68,893,000…important for EU debate
20. France…………60,424,000
21. U.K……………60,270,000
Life Expectancy
1. Andorra……………..83.5 years
2. Macau………………82.03….gambling is good for you
4. Singapore……………81.53
5. Hong Kong………….81.39…surprised, given air pollution
6. Japan………………..81.04
9. Australia……………..80.26
12. Canada……………..79.96
14. Italy…………………79.54
16. France………………79.44
19. Spain……………….79.37
20. Norway……………..79.25
27. Austria………………78.87
30. Netherlands…………78.68
32. Germany…………….78.54
34. New Zealand………..78.49
37. U.K. …………………78.27
48. United States…………77.43
72. South Korea…………75.58
73. Saudi Arabia…………75.23
75. Mexico………………74.94
105. China……………….71.96
114. Brazil……………….71.41
149. Russia………………66.39
163. India…………………63.99
207. South Africa…………44.19….here and next five, AIDS
221. Mozambique………..37.10
222. Lesotho……………..36.81
223. Angola………………36.79
224. Zambia………………35.18
225. Botswana……………30.76
GDP
World……………….$51,410,000,000,000 (2003 est. for all*)
1. United States……..$10,980,000,000,000
2. China………………..6,449,000,000,000
3. Japan………………..3,567,000,000,000
4. India…………………3,022,000,000,000
5. Germany…………….2,271,000,000,000
6. U.K. ………………..1,664,000,000,000
7. France………………1,654,000,000,000
8. Italy…………………1,552,000,000,000
9. Brazil………………..1,379,000,000,000
10. Russia………………1,287,000,000,000
11. Canada……………….957,000,000,000
12. Mexico……………….942,000,000,000
13. Spain…………………885,000,000,000
14. South Korea………….855,000,000,000
15. Indonesia……………..758,000,000,000
16. Australia………………570,000,000,000
17. Taiwan………………..528,000,000,000
18. Iran……………………477,000,000,000
19. Thailand………………475,000,000,000
20. Netherlands……………461,000,000,000
*Basically, to come up with the yearend 2004 #, you could
multiply by 5%, the estimated growth rate for the entire world
economy this year. [1% for Europe, 10% for China]
GDP per capita (2003 est.)
1. Luxembourg…………$55,100
2. United States………….37,800
3. Norway………………..37,700
4. Bermuda………………36,000
5. Cayman Islands……….35,000….Hurricane Ivan, uh oh
6. San Marino……………34,600
7. Switzerland……………32.800
8. Denmark………………31,200
9. Iceland…………………30,900
10. Austria……………….30,000
11. Ireland………………..29,800
12. Canada……………….29,700
13. Belgium……………….29,000
14. Australia………………28,900
15. Hong Kong……………28,700
16. Netherlands……………28,600
17. Aruba…………………28,000
18. Japan………………….28,000
19. U.K. ………………….27,700
20. Germany……………….27,600
21. France………………….27,500
24. Italy…………………….26,800
85. Mexico…………………9,000
86. Russia…………………..8,900
122. China…………………..5,000
152. India…………………..2,900
229. Sierra Leone…………….500
230. Somalia………………….500
231. East Timor……………….500
Oil: Proved Reserves
World………………….1,025,000,000,000 (bbl…Jan. 2002 est.)
1. Saudi Arabia…………..261,700,000,000
2. Iraq……………………113,800,000,000
3. Kuwait………………….97,680,000,000
4. Iran…………………….94,390,000,000
5. United Arab Emirates…..80,310,000,000
6. Venezuela………………63,950,000,000
7. Russia………………….51,220,000,000
8. Libya…………………..29,750,000,000
9. Nigeria…………………27,000,000,000
10. China…………………26,750,000,000
11. United States…………22,450,000,000 (25% TX, 25% AK)
12. Mexico……………….15,110,000,000
13. Qatar………………….14,510,000,000
14. Algeria………………..13,100,000,000
15. Norway…………………9,859,000,000
16. Brazil……………………8,507,000,000
17. Indonesia……………….7,083,000,000
20. Canada………………….5,112,000,000
21. United Kingdom…………4,741,000,000
Labor Force by Occupation (best / last estimates)
Australia…services 73%, industry 22%, agriculture 5%
Brazil…services 53%, agriculture 23%, industry 24%
Canada…services 74%, mfg. 15%, construction 5%, agriculture
3%, other 3%
China…agriculture 50%, industry 22%, services 28%
France…services 71.5%, industry 24.4%, agriculture 4.1%
Germany…industry 33.4%, agriculture 2.8%, services 63.8%
India…agriculture 60%, services 23%, industry 17%
Indonesia…agriculture 45%, industry 16%, services 39%
Italy…services 63%, industry 32%, agriculture 5%
Japan…services 70%, industry 25%, agriculture 5%
South Korea…services 69%, industry 21.5%, agriculture 9.5%
Mexico…agriculture 18%, industry 24%, services 58%
Singapore…financial, business, and other services 49%, mfg.
18%, construction 6%, transportation and communication 11%,
other 16%
Taiwan…services 57%, industry 35%, agriculture 8%
Turkey…agriculture 39.7%, services, 37.9%, industry 22.4%
United Kingdom…agriculture 1%, industry 25%, services 74%
United States…managerial, professional, and technical 31%,
sales and office 28.9%, services 13.6%, mfg., extraction,
transportation, and crafts 24.1%, farming, forestry, and fishing
2.4%
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Traveling next week, domestically this time. Wall Street History
will return October 1.
Brian Trumbore
