Living (or Dying) by the Numbers

The world's population stands at about 6.79 billion people. (1)

Today, there are 2.2 billion children throughout the world.

1 billion children are currently living in poverty.

More than 25,000 of these children will die today. (2)

(1) <https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/xx.html>

(2) <http://www.globalissues.org/article/715/today-over-25000-children-died-around-the-world>