> in such a meagerly populated nation as yours? They might even outnumber > you!
Is Canada a small country population-wise? I get bored and annoyed hearing about how "small" our population is. Let's get the facts straight. Populations of Some Countries (in millions) ============================= 1.) China 1300 2.) India 1000 3.) United States 285 (yes, that's right, the US has the world's third largest population. That puts a lot of things into perspective for me.) 4.) Indonesia 231 5.) Brazil 176 6.) Pakistan 147 7.) Russia 145 8.) Bangladesh 133 9.) Nigeria 130 10.) Japan 127 So where is Canada in the great heap of nations? There are 235 countries, more or less - it gets tricky in some cases. 35.) Canada 31 That puts Canada in the top 15% of all countries in the world by population. So Canada is not a small country by population; it is only small compared to the US who just happens to be its nearest neighbour. (Have a look at this interesting graph of country by population size: http://www.geohive.com/global/gen_popsize.php ) Canada does have one of the lowest population densities in the world (about 224th) at 3.36 people per square km. Compare that with Bangladesh at 949 (12th) or the US at 29.77 (172nd). Oh, and as an interesting side note, proven oil reserves have increased over the past decade. In other words, the world continues to use oil at a phenomenal rate (75 million barrels per day = about 28 billion barrels per year) and yet the amount left over continues to _increase_ (from 1 trillion to 1.05 trillion in about ten years). At this rate, we will never run out of oil but will rather have more and more all the time. A barrel is equal to 159 litres (42 gallons). And the proven reserves do not even include the Alberta Oil Sands which have more oil than the rest of the world put together, one quarter of which is believed to be economically and technically retrievable. (BTW, Gary, I'm laughing with your jokes here, so this wasn't an angry outburst against this statement of yours. I just found it an opportune moment to go off on a tangent.) ========= Mark Gregson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========= -- _______________________________________________ Get your free email from http://mymail.operamail.com Powered by Outblaze ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
