Counting the world in different ways

Thu, 19 May 2005 05:25:59 +0000

August 17: Counting the world’s population may seem a bit like counting the stars in the sky, but not if you know how to go about it the right way. And there are as many ways to do it as there are countries, the United Nations recently discovered at a four-day seminar attended by number-happy statisticians from 55 countries. The idea was to see how countries are using technology to make the census-taking exercises more manageable and accurate.

Population Counting on Pitara Kids Network

Counting the world in different ways