The world's human population is about 6,500,000,000 people. Every second there are approximately 4.1 people born and 1.8 people die, with an annual increase of more than 70, 000,000 people.
Resources and wealth vary widely by geographic region, with average per person incomes in some of the most prosperous developed countries in the high $30,000 range, and some of the poorest African countries at $1000 or less.
It is estimated there are more than 25 million international migrant workers in the world. China alone has about 130 million internal migrant workers. For some people, the move to another country to find work is permanent and they are considered immigrants.
There will be approximately 1.2 billion young people entering the global labor pool in the next 10 years, and 90% of that growth will be in poor and developing countries already struggling to employ their own existing population.
There are approximately 193 countries in the world, 19 major religions and 6000 languages. People are also divided into ethnic groups based on a variety of factors such as race, culture, economics, religion and politics.
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Is the population in your country increasing or decreasing? Are there enough resources to support the number of people in your area? Do people in your area often leave to find work, or does your area attract a lot of immigrants? What is the history of your family in terms of migration? How do people of different ethnic groups get along in your area? How does international trade or politics affect your area?
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