2006-07-23 10:37:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
"while the United States has a mere five percent of the world's population, it accounts for 24 percent of the world's energy consumption and a quarter of its fossil fuel consumption. "
2006-07-23 10:42:37 · answer #1 · answered by ukstubby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I usually assume that the United States has around 300 million people and the world has around 6.5 billion people. That would be:
300 / 6500 = approx. 4.6%
So I'd say between 4 and 5 percent.
2006-07-23 17:44:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
your in luck i was watching the discover channel last week and in the show they were talking about world population and the U.S makes up 5%of the worlds population.Hope this helps you
2006-07-23 17:44:41 · answer #3 · answered by shaq 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
World population = 6,477,000,000
USA = 296,500,000
I'll let you do the math.
2006-07-23 17:41:25 · answer #4 · answered by Beckee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
US population 280 000 000 - 300 000 000 world population 6 000 000 000. I make it between 4.6 - 5 %
2006-07-23 17:41:46 · answer #5 · answered by df382 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋