The World Counts (2024)

FAQs

Is the world count legit? ›

All the data used on TheWorldCounts is sourced from a large number of organisations, research institutions, news services etc. Our aim is to mainly use data from the world's most reputable organisations.

According to Professor Cribb, shortages of water, land, and energy combined with the increased demand from population and economic growth, will create a global food shortage around 2050.

TheWorldCounts is based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The site is being run and continuously updated by Esben Larsen and Karsten Bjerring Olsen. We work on bringing you the latest and most accurate live statistics on the state of the planet.

Our World in Data has been cited in academic scientific journals, medicine and global health journals, and social science journals. The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Economist have used Our World in Data as a source.

We must have food, water, air, and shelter to survive. If any one of these basic needs is not met, then humans cannot survive.

Looking farther into the future, other sources claim that things like aluminum might run dry in about 80 years. Other studies indicate that rhodium, followed by gold, platinum and tellurium, are some of the rarest elements in terms of their percentage in the planet's crust and their importance to society.

China. China has natural resources estimated to be worth $23 trillion. 1 Ninety percent of China's resources are coal and rare earth metals. Timber is another major natural resource found in the country, as is arable land.

8.1 Billion (current)

The current world population is 8,116,698,258 as of Friday, June 21, 2024 according to the most recent United Nations estimates elaborated by Worldometer.

Every year we extract almost 90 billion tons of biomass, fossil energy, metal and minerals from the earth - more than 11 tons for every single person on the planet.

Water, air, and soil are three natural resources that we cannot live without. The Forest Service strives to protect, maintain, and restore these valuable assets now and into the future. Water is one of the most important natural resources flowing from forests.

What are the top 3 natural resources being depleted? ›

Earth's population is growing very quickly, and with that growth comes a greater demand for the planet's natural resources. The resources most at risk of being depleted are minerals, oil, water, and forests.

Natural resources fall into three categories: perpetual renewable resources; intermediate renewable resources and non-renewable resources.

Human activities are threatening natural resource availability through land use changes, hunting and harvesting of organisms, pollution, deforestation, and the introduction of invasive species.