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CITY POPULATIONS IN MILLIONS Tokyo 27 Mexico City 17 Sao Paulo 17 New York 16 Bombay 15 Shanghai 14 Buenos Aires 12 Calcutta 12 Los Angeles 12 Seoul 12
LEADERS Britain Tony Blair France Jacques Chirac Germany Helmut Kohl Japan Ryutaro Hashimoto Russia Boris Yeltsin U.S. Bill Clinton
LIFE EXPECTANCY Japan 80 Italy 78 U.S. 76 Mexico 74
SIZE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE 1 million sq. mi. Only 14 dependent territories, total population 60 million
OLYMPICS 18th Olympics (winter), Nagano, Japan 72 nations attended 1,512 men, 827 women Germany won the most medals, 29 (12 gold) Some events: curling, snowboarding, ski jumping
WORLD FORESTLAND 8 billion acres
INFANT MORTALITY PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS Britain 6.3 U.S. 6.6 India 69
UNEMPLOYMENT U.S. 4.6% Britain 4.9% Germany 11.5% France 12.1%
MILES OF RAILROAD U.S. 149,000 Russia 54,000 India 38,000 France 21,000 Britain 11,000
IRRIGATED CROPLAND 600 million acres
NUMBERS OF U.S. FARMS 2 million
CARS SOLD WORLDWIDE 54 million
U.S. ENERGY SUPPLY Oil 40% Gas 24% Coal 21% Nuclear 7% AVERAGE WEEKLY WORKING HOURS Japan 38.3 U.S. 37.9 Britain 35.6 France 31.7 Netherlands 30.8 Germany 29.0
CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION 24 billion bbl. per year
ENTERTAINMENT Play Disney's The Lion King Song My Heart Will Go On (from Titanic) Touring Riverdance
PERCENTAGE OF THE WORK FORCE IN FARMING U.S. 3% France 6% Italy 9% Portugal 15%
AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS IN THE U.S. $435
TALLEST BUILDING Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur 1,483 ft.
U.S. POPULATION 269 million
BY REGION East 20% Midwest 23% South 35% West 22%
AGE Under 5 7% 5-14 13% 15-24 15% 25-34 14% 35-44 16% 45-54 13% 55-64 9% 65 and over 13%
MEDIAN AGE IN THE U.S. 35
MARRIAGES IN THE U.S. 2,336,000
DIVORCES IN THE U.S. 1,169,000
MEDIAN AGE AT FIRST MARRIAGE Men 26 Women 24
DOCTORS PER 100,000 236
U.S. EVERYDAY LIFE 81% of the population has a VCR in the home There are 2.3 TVs per household 20% of the U.S. is connected to the Internet lb. of sugar $0.43 dozen eggs $1.12 lb. of butter $2.35
BEST SELLER Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
SOURCES: HAMMOND'S ATLAS OF THE 20TH CENTURY; THE TIMETABLES OF HISTORY; OUR TIMES, THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURY; THE PEOPLE'S CHRONOLOGY; WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE