I think it's wrong to use people as the basis for the figures because it assumes that all US citizens never use metric and all UK subjects never use imperial! It should be based on governments - I think - where the state might have an official position on 'being all metric'. Am I correct in saying that the US is 'officially' metric on this basis?
CC: usma@colostate.edu; secret...@metric.org.uk From: pat.naugh...@metricationmatters.com To: usma@colostate.edu Subject: [USMA:46372] Re: Some recent figurers Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 18:22:17 +1100 On 2010/01/06, at 06:12 , lorelle...@aol.com wrote:For years we have been using the figure 95.4% based on a population of 5,719 billion. Numbers change over time and you may have the up to date figures. Not to cast any doubt on your figures but I wonder how accurate population numbers can be in unsettled places like Burma and Liberia. A few years ago I was looking up something about Myanmar. I discovered there were two Web sites --one for Burma and one for Myanmar, both claiming to be the official site. Dear Lorelle, At your instigation I have rechecked my figures. You are right my initial figures were a little shonky (see below). Here is my latest effort: World population 6 830 586 985 (Estimate 2010 January 7 by U.S. Census Bureau at http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/popclockworld.html )USA population 315 534 716 (U.S. Census at www.census.gov )Burma population 50 000 000 (Estimate based on data from U.S. Department of State at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35910.htm )Liberia population 3 441 790 (2009 July estimate from CIA World Fact Book at https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2119.html?countryName=&countryCode=®ionCode=ž )Non-metric nationsBurma 50 000 000Liberia 3 441 790USA 315 534 716Total 368 976 506Calculation368 976 506 ÷ 6,830,586,985 x 100 = 5.4 %Cheers,Pat NaughtinAuthor of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that you can obtain from http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html PO Box 305 Belmont 3216,Geelong, AustraliaPhone: 61 3 5241 2008Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication information, contact Pat at pat.naugh...@metricationmatters.com or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe. In a message dated 1/5/2010 4:17:46 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, pat.naugh...@metricationmatters.com writes: Dear All, I have just calculated as follows: World population 8 850 000 000 USA population 304 000 000Burma population 50 000 000Liberia population 4 000 000Total (Burma, Liberia, and the USA) 358 000 000 or 4 % 96 % of the world population predominately use the metric system. _________________________________________________________________ Use Hotmail to send and receive mail from your different email accounts http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/186394592/direct/01/
