Questions from your kids: How many people are there in the world?

Here is your answer, as of January 13, 2009 (US Time)

 

U.S. 305,610,552

 

World 6,753,669,055

 

This is pretty neat, courtesy of U.S. Census Bureau's Pop Clocks. 

 

At my boys' insistence, here is the counter part: Statistics on death... 

 

(Yes, my kids are naturally morbid, considering how many comic books and movies inspired by comic books they have had encountered.  Neil Gailman is to be blamed, IMHO...)

 

Number of deaths: 2,448,017 (2005 U.S. census data)

 

Pondering when is the right time and age to explain to my 6-year-old the plights of people around the world, and how much to tell him...