Fwd: US Statistics

Population
U.S.: 305,233,060 (about 4.5 % of world)
World: 6,725,458,205
Source: http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html


Yearly Military Expenditures
U.S.: 547 billion dollars (about 40% of world's
military expenditures)
World: 1339 billion dollars
Source:
http://yearbook2008.sipri.org/files/SIPRIYB08summary.pdf,
p.10

Daily Oil Consumption
US, 20,730,000 barrels per day (about 25 % of the oil
consumption of the world)
World: 82,234,918 barrels per day
Source:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2174rank.html

Prison Population
US: 1,962,220 (about 22 % of the imprisoned population
of the world)
World: 8,750,000
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs2/r188.pdf