An update from the World o' meter...a lot going on...

7,827,959,233 current wold population

126,640,128Births this year

370,770Births today

53,166,559Deaths this year

155,658Deaths today

73,473,568Net population growth this year

215,112Net population growth today

GOVERNMENT & ECONOMICS

$ 14,778,484,832Public Healthcare expenditure today

$ 10,074,577,683Public Education expenditure today

$ 4,540,235,255Public Military expenditure today

72,008,574Cars produced this year

136,988,981Bicycles produced this year

224,291,650Computers produced this year

SOCIETY & MEDIA

2,435,899New book titles published this year

458,137,094Newspapers circulated today

645,884TV sets sold worldwide today

6,400,875Cellular phones sold today

$ 285,205,807Money spent on videogames today

4,747,731,181Internet users in the world today

257,873,193,815Emails sent today

7,026,802Blog posts written today

770,785,327Tweets sent today

7,309,475,925Google searches today

ENVIRONMENT

4,701,145Forest loss this year (hectares)

6,329,013Land lost to soil erosion this year (ha)

32,735,216,218CO2 emissions this year (tons)

10,847,700Desertification this year (hectares)

8,852,065Toxic chemicals released 
in the environment this year (tons)

FOOD

847,696,985Undernourished people in the world

1,702,305,430Overweight people in the world

770,631,787Obese people in the world

29,597People who died of hunger today

$ 568,669,921Money spent for obesity related
diseases in the USA today

$ 182,960,289Money spent on weight loss
programs in the USA today

WATER

3,969,593,429Water used this year (million L)

761,192Deaths caused by water related
diseases this year

796,054,562People with no access to
a safe drinking water source

ENERGY

451,724,946Energy used today (MWh), of which:

384,533,782- from non-renewable sources (MWh)

68,025,837- from renewable sources (MWh)

2,830,530,966,967Solar energy striking Earth today (MWh)

92,648,686Oil pumped today (barrels)

1,490,123,359,056Oil left (barrels)

15,540Days to the end of oil (~43 years)

1,092,225,751,453Natural Gas left (boe)

57,486Days to the end of natural gas

4,310,962,965,855Coal left (boe)

148,654Days to the end of coal

HEALTH

11,734,332Communicable disease deaths this year

442,519Seasonal flu deaths this year

6,870,685Deaths of children under 5 this year

38,480,248Abortions this year

279,389Deaths of mothers during birth this year

42,281,810HIV/AIDS infected people

1,519,533Deaths caused by HIV/AIDS this year

7,423,761Deaths caused by cancer this year

886,632Deaths caused by malaria this year

14,649,677,059Cigarettes smoked today

4,518,687Deaths caused by smoking this year

2,260,769Deaths caused by alcohol this year

969,308Suicides this year

$ 361,609,009,443Money spent on illegal drugs this year

1,220,188Road traffic accident fatalities this year