Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Say It With Numbers: #6-2008

  • 50% of world population is living in cities today. 70% are projected to live in cities in 2050
  • ½ of the earths 7000 languages are stated to disappear this century
  • Thailand: Over 90% of its 62 million people are Buddhist. 5 million are Muslims
  • Russia
    • Population is 141 million (down from 146 million in 1999)
    • Poverty rate is 18% (down from 29% in 1999)
    • Divorce rate is 83% (up from 58% in 1999)
    • Abortions per 100 live births is 139 (down from 235 in 1993)
    • 31% of income goes to richest 10% of population (up from 22% in 1999)
    • Foreign reserves at $407.5 billion (up from $8.5 billion in 1999)
    • 64% of export revenues are from Oil (up from 17% in 1999)
  • India’s first truly world-class airport opens at Hyderabad in March-08 at a cost of Rs 2,478 crores
  • In India, airports derive 30% of their revenues from non-aeronautical activities while international trends are just the opposite
  • Tatas
    • Market capitalization of group companies is $65 billion
    • 79% of Tata Sons is owned by public trusts and group companies
  • Market cap
    • of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance is $106 billion
    • of Anil Ambani’s Reliance is $85 billion
    • of Bharti Airtel is is $40 billion
    • of Kumar Mangalam Birla companies is $32 billion
    • of DLF India is $24.5 billion
    • of Vijay Mallya companies is Rs 36,000 crores
    • of Rahul Bajaj companies is Rs 30,000 crores
    • of Anand Mahindra listed companies is Rs 40,000 crores
  • …..a 100 rupee share bought in the 1993 IPO (of Infosys) was worth Rs 200,852 in March 2006
  • India has 13 judges per million population…..for Brazil the figure is 77 while China has 159 judges per million population. (A developed country like the US has 110)
  • Services sector accounts for 55% of GDP in India, compared to 35% in China
  • Americans actually waste about 40% of food produced for consumption. That amounts to an annual cost of over $100 billion

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