Each day, around the world, there are approximately

365,000 Births and 155,000 Deaths

 Notice that the number of births and deaths are not equal
   and that births greatly exceed deaths.

At current rates we add

210,000 additional people

each day.

This means that we add approximately

9,000 additional people

each hour.
.

The above numbers amount to approximately one
BILLION
additional persons added to our planet every twelve years
.

and presently, we are headed higher still
.

How long would it take to complete
one MILLION homework
questions at a rate of

100 questions per night,   five nights per week,
   52 weeks per year?
..

Working at the same rate, how long would it take a student
to finish one BILLION such questions?
..

If a student began working on this assignment
20,000 years ago

and completed 500 homework questions week after week
as each week passed from then until now,




he or she would have to
continue working for
another

18,461
years

into the future before
completing their billion question homework assignment
.

That is how many additional persons
we are adding to our planet

every twelve years

.

[ We should not be surprised if such enormous numbers
might place stresses on our societies, on our international relationships,
and on earth's enviornmental and ecological machinery.]
.