Today humanity uses the equivalent of 1.3 planets to provide the resources we use and absorb our waste. This means it now takes the Earth one year and four months to regenerate what we use in a year. Just to compare Tanzania and Switzerland:
Area: 945087km2 (Tanzania), 41'290 (Switzerland)
Population 40,213,160 (Tanzania), 7,581,520 (Switzerland)
Density (people per qkm):39 (Tanzania), 183 (Switzerland)
Life expectency (men/women):50.06 / 52.88 (Tanzania) 77.91 / 83.71 (Switzerland)
physicians / 1000 Einwohner 0.01(Tanzania) 3.97 (switzerland)
Consumption of water per day and capita: 37 l (Tanzania), 225 l (Switzerland)
illiteracy rate in % 27.7 (Tanzania)
Internet user / 1000 Einwohner: 12.2 (Tanzania), 761 (Switzerland)
percentage of women in the parliament in % :30 (Tanzania), 27 (Switzerland)
car/ 1000 inhabitants: 1.03 (Tanzania), 516 (Switzerland)
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Date: 08. of November 2009 | By: let\'s compare
Today humanity uses the equivalent of 1.3 planets to provide the resources we use and absorb our waste. This means it now takes the Earth one year and four months to regenerate what we use in a year. Just to compare Tanzania and Switzerland:
Area: 945087km2 (Tanzania), 41'290 (Switzerland)
Population 40,213,160 (Tanzania), 7,581,520 (Switzerland)
Density (people per qkm):39 (Tanzania), 183 (Switzerland)
Life expectency (men/women):50.06 / 52.88 (Tanzania) 77.91 / 83.71 (Switzerland)
physicians / 1000 Einwohner 0.01(Tanzania) 3.97 (switzerland)
Consumption of water per day and capita: 37 l (Tanzania), 225 l (Switzerland)
illiteracy rate in % 27.7 (Tanzania)
Internet user / 1000 Einwohner: 12.2 (Tanzania), 761 (Switzerland)
percentage of women in the parliament in % :30 (Tanzania), 27 (Switzerland)
car/ 1000 inhabitants: 1.03 (Tanzania), 516 (Switzerland)