Numbers: Jan. 29, 2007

34,452 Number of Iraqis killed last year, according to the first count of individual deaths by the United Nations

13,896 Violent deaths tallied in 2006 by the Iraqi government

118 Number of boys for every 100 girls born in China in 2005, up from 110 in 2000, according to newly released data

15 Number of years before China will have 30 million more men than women

320,000 Number of passports issued in the first week of 2007, a record, by the U.S. State Department in advance of the Jan. 23 deadline that requires a passport for travel between the U.S. and...

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