World Population Projections

The current world population of 7.3 billion is expected to reach 8.5 billion by 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100, according to a new UN DESA report, “World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision”.

Year  Population in Billions

2015______7.3

2030______8.5

2050______9.7

2100_____11.2

un.org/en/development/desa/news/population/2015-report.html

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Get Your Chinese Name Here

Get your Chinese Name from this site.  My name is Hong She Rui

mandarintools.com/cgi-bin/chinname.pl

The name of my Korean Roommate in the Marine Corps Basic School For Officers in 1969 was

Hwang Young Nam

which meant

Yellow Male Dragon

Hwang and I served in Vietnam in 1969-71

Hwang, if you are out there, I would like to talk to you.

Semper Fi

Federal, State, and Local Government Employees

The graphic above shows growth in government.  The data is a bit dated - but it shows that employment in State and local government is much higher than Federal Government. And so is the growth in employment.

https://www.downsizinggovernment.org/growth-government-employment

The link below has more recent data. It shows the reduction of jobs in the Federal Government, especially the US Military. 

Data, Analysis & Documentation Federal Employment Reports

Historical Federal Workforce Tables

Total Government Employment Since 1962 ¹

(numbers in thousands)

Year	Executive branch civilians (thousands)	Uniformed military personnel (thousands)	Legislative and judicial branch personnel (thousands)	Total Federal personnel (thousands)
1962	2,485	2,840	30	5,354
1963 2	2,498	2,732	30	5,260
1964 2	2,470	2,719	31	5,220
1965	2,496	2,687	32	5,215
1966	2,726	3,129	33	5,888
1967	2,968	3,413	34	6,416
1968	3,020	3,584	35	6,639
1969 3	3,040	3,499	36	6,575
1970 4	2,944	3,104	38	6,085
1971 4	2,883	2,752	40	5,675
1972	2,823	2,360	42	5,225
1973	2,781	2,289	44	5,113
1974	2,847	2,198	46	5,091
1975	2,848	2,164	49	5,061
1976	2,833	2,119	50	5,002
1977	2,840	2,112	53	5,005
1978	2,875	2,099	55	5,028
1979	2,823	2,063	53	4,939
1980 4	2,821	2,090	55	4,965
1981 4	2,806	2,122	54	4,982
1982	2,770	2,147	55	4,972
1983	2,820	2,163	56	5,039
1984	2,854	2,178	56	5,088
1985	3,008	2,190	58	5,256
1986	2,966	2,206	55	5,228
1987	3,030	2,213	58	5,301
1988	3,054	2,176	59	5,289
1989	3,064	2,168	60	5,292
1990 4	3,067	2,106	61	5,234
1991 4	3,048	2,040	64	5,152
1992	3,017	1,848	66	4,931
1993	2,947	1,744	66	4,758
1994	2,908	1,648	63	4,620
1995	2,858	1,555	62	4,475
1996	2,786	1,507	61	4,354
1997	2,725	1,439	62	4,226
1998	2,727	1,407	62	4,196
1999	2,687	1,386	63	4,135
2000 4	2,639	1,426	63	4,129
2001 4	2,640	1,428	64	4,132
2002	2,630	1,456	66	4,152
2003	2,666	1,478	65	4,210
2004	2,650	1,473	64	4,187
2005	2,636	1,436	65	4,138
2006	2,637	1,432	63	4,133
2007	2,636	1,427	63	4,127
2008	2,692	1,450	64	4,206
2009	2,774	1,591	66	4,430
2010 4	2,776	1,602	64	4,443
2011	2,756	1,583	64	4,403
2012	2,697	1,551	64	4,312
2013	2,698	1,500	63	4,231
2014	2,663	1,459	63	4,185

 
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/data-analysis-documentation/federal-employment-reports/historical-tables/total-government-employment-since-1962/

Historical GDP

That’s Germany (DE), United States (US), Britain (UK), Japan (JP), Brazil (BR). Data from Angus Maddison.

http://www.chronicle.com/blognetwork/edgeofthewest/2009/10/01/per-capita-gdp-selected-countries-1870-1940/

US Deaths From Gun Violence and Terrorism Compared

People are very afraid of terrorism, but this is a small risk compared to conventional murder.  Click to read the full article.

https://www.statista.com/chart/3845/us-deaths-from-gun-violence-and-terrorism-in-comparison/





Another Look at the data.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/02/us/oregon-shooting-terrorism-gun-violence/index.html