Interesting facts from the world of statistics

The number of stars is much smaller than the number of trees 

According to statistics, there are more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way. There are now approximately 3 trillion trees on the planet, while there are 400 billion stars.

Germany has the lowest proportion of child population in the world

Children between the ages of 0 and 14 make up just 12 per cent of the population in Germany, while in Kenya this group accounts for as much as 40 per cent of the population.

Mary and James are the most popular names

Between 1917 and 2016, the most popular names were James for a boy and Mary for a girl. Among boys, nearly 5 million children were named James, while the name Mary was chosen for about 3.5 million girls. The name Justin, on the other hand, was not the most common: it ranked only 38th, with 769,098 people.

China is a "golden republic"

The People's Republic of China produces more gold than any other country. A study has found that the PRC has been producing 440 tonnes of gold per year for a decade.

Sweden has more than 200,000 Carlson's

The familiar surname Carlson is quite popular in Sweden. It takes the honourable 3rd place among the most common surnames: it is carried by more than 200 000 people. And in 1st place is the surname Anderson: it belongs to almost 240,000 people.

The population of the Earth has increased 22 times in a thousand years

Earth's population more than doubled 22 times from 1,000 years to 2,000 years. There were 275,000,000,000 people on 1 July 1,000, and on 1 July 2,000 there were already 6,145,006,989 people on Earth.

You can circle the Earth 4.5 times in a lifetime

The average person walks 7,500 steps in a day, with an average life expectancy of 80 years. With only this data, researchers have calculated that you can walk as much as 180,000 kilometres in a lifetime. This distance allows you to go round the Earth along the equator 4.5 times.

Saturday is the day when the fewest babies are born

Statisticians even found out on which day the most children are born. Thus, the leading place belongs to Thursday (17.5 %), the second place is occupied by Monday (14.2 %), but the most unpopular day for birth is Saturday (12.5 %).

90% of emails are spam

According to the world-famous Cisco company, 90 per cent of emails sent via email are spam.

Danish women are the hardest working mums

According to statistics, 82% of mums in Denmark work a regular job. But it's also worth noting that Sweden, the Netherlands and Slovenia are not far behind in this ranking. Greece is placed in last place - less than 50% of mums there work.

McDonald's sells 75 burgers per second.

One of the most popular fast food restaurants, McDonald's, sells about 75 burgers per second. They even have a special website that tracks how many were sold and how many customers were served in a specific time period.

There are 1,700 more millionaires in the US every day

There are many more millionaires in the world than we might think. In the US, 1,700 people become millionaires every day. According to statistics, there are more than 8 million households in America with an income of more than $1 million a year, and this amount does not include real estate and luxury goods. Source: adme.ru