How the World has Changed in Ten Years: 2000 – 2010

• World population: 2000 = 6.1 billion / 2010 = 6.9 billion
• Billionaires: 2000 = 306 / 2010 = 1011
• The under-nourished: 2000 = 857 million / 2010 = 925 million
• Terror attacks: 2000 = 423 / 2010 = 11000
• Tallest building: 2000 = Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur (452m) / 2010 Burj Khalifa, Dubai (828m)
• Internet users in China: 2000 = 22 million / 2010 = 420 million
• Cell phones in India: 2000 = 2 million / 2010 = 545 million
• Bentleys sold in Russia: 2000 = 0 / 2010 = 103
• US Defence budget: 2000 = $316 billion / 2010 $693 billion
• Polar ice cap: 2000 = 7 million km2 / 2010 = 4.9 km2
• UK Workplace fatalities: ye2000 = 220 / ye2010 = 152

Source: Time magazine