All These People, and Still the Marlins Couldn’t Fill Their Stadium
It’s time for some numbers. In 2008, there were over 6.7 billion people in the world, so the next time you’re estimating how much money you could make if you received 10 cents from each person in the world, it’s a safe assumption that you could start with roughly 7 billion people because we are living longer and producing faster (in the U.S., there is a birth every 8 seconds and a death every 12 seconds – Source: census.gov). And, more importantly, that would yield a nice nest-egg of $700 million – almost as much as a professional athlete!
Breaking down the 6.7 billion humanoids a little more, over 300 million people live in the United States, and that’s a very distant third to India (1.15 billion) and China (1.33 billion). That’s right – over a third of the world’s population live in either India or China.
Now you understand why large companies cater to China. If you want to develop and sell a gadget, toy, widget, software, etc., it only makes sense to make it appeal to the country housing about 20% of the world. It’s also common knowledge that many U.S. companies farm out jobs to India. National loyalties aside, tapping into a country of over 1 billion people – many of them educated, qualified, and ready to work - it’s easy to see why so many jobs head “East.”
Bonus stats
- 4th most populated country: Indonesia (~237 million)
- Canada? 37th most populated country (~33 million)
All numbers approximated and taken from census.gov.
Read on:
Census.gov - countries ranked by population (2008)
Census.gov – U.S. POPClock (very interesting)
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