Meet Your 7 Billion Neighbors - Lisa Hymas

Yeah, yeah, you know -- the world population is hitting 7 billion this year. Here are some facts about the world's people that you might not already be familiar with.

• 60 -- percentage of key ecosystem services (freshwater, air and water purification, etc.) degraded or used unsustainably by humans over the last 50 years
• 215 million -- number of women in the world who want to prevent or delay pregnancy but don't have access to modern contraception
• $16.9 billion -- estimated annual cost of providing family-planning services to all women in developing countries
• $20.8 billion -- amount Wall Street firms paid out in bonuses in 2010

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