Best Answer: According to the CIA World Factbook, as of July, 2005, there were approximately 6,446,131,400 people on the planet, and the death rate was approximately 8.78 deaths per 1,000 people a year. According to our nifty desktop calculator, that works out to roughly 56,597,034 people leaving us every year.
Going green â itâs a phrase thatâs becoming more and more common as people start to realize the enormity of the environmental challenges we all face.
In several religions, green is the color associated with resurrection and regeneration. 1  In Ghardaia and other parts of Mâzab, houses painted in green indicate that the inhabitants have made a pilgrimage to Mecca. 2  Green, blue-green, and blue are sacred colors in Iran, where they symbolize paradise. As the emblematic color of Ireland, green represents the vast green hillsides, as well as Irelandâs patron saint, St. Patrick. In Japan, green is regarded as the color of eternal life.