Do you ever wonder how many people die each year from traffic accidents? Wars? Smoking? I got an email the other day that quoted a bunch of statistics, but didn't attribute to any sources. As a newspaper man, I can't stand when someone quotes a fact to me without knowing where they picked up this "fact." So, on this page, I've listed some of the statistics I could find, and I've quoted/linked the sources.

If you can think of other statistics that should be on this page, feel free to send me an email. Emails will also be welcomed that challenge/correct these stats, but ONLY if you quote sources and provide stable links to those sources. I won't mind posting multiple numbers/sources for each category.

Total World Population: 6,877,600,000 Through History: 2025 AD: 8,000,000,000 (estimated) 2011 AD: 7,000,000,000 (estimated) 2000 AD: 6,070,000,000 1995 AD: 5,674,000,000 1985 AD: 4,831,000,000 1975 AD: 4,068,000,000 1950 AD: 2,519,000,000 1900 AD: 1,650,000,000 1850 AD: 1,262,000,000 1750 AD: 791,000,000 0001 AD: 200,000,000 0500 BC: 100,000,000 1000 BC: 50,000,000 5000 BC: 15,000,000 Source: Wikipedia
U.S. soldiers who've died in action since 2003: Iraq: 4,426 Afghanistan: 1,277 (source: Iraq Coalition Casualties)	American soldiers who died in World War II: 405,400 (approx. 100,000 per year) (source: Wikipedia)	Military deaths (world total) in World War II: 20 million (approx. 3.3 million per year) (source: Wikipedia)
Civilian deaths (world total) in World War II: 30 million (approx. 5 million per year) (source: Wikipedia)	Military deaths (world total) in World War I: 8.6 million (approx. 2.2 million per year) (source: Wikipedia)	Civilian deaths (world total) in World War I: 6.5 million (approx. 1.6 million per year) (source: Wikipedia)
U.S. military deaths in the American Civil War: 620,000 (approx. 155,000 per year) (source: Wikipedia)	Casualties (all sides) in the Korean War: 2.5 million (approx. 6.3 million per year) (source: Wikipedia)	Casualties in the Vietnam War (all sides, military and civilian, including later suicides and Khmer Rouge massacres): 9.1 million (source: Wikipedia)
Americans killed by guns in the U.S. each year: 29,674 (source: CDC)	Americans killed by tobacco in the U.S. each year: 440,000 (source: American Heart Association)	Americans killed by police Tasers 2009: 59 2010: 20 (source: Electronic Village)
Convicts executed in the U.S. in 2009: 52 (source: Amnesty International)	Convicts executed in China in 2005: 1,770 (source: USA Today)	U.S. murder rate: 5.4 per 100,000 (source: Wikipedia)
U.K. murder rate: 2.0 per 100,000 (source: Wikipedia)	U.S. traffic fatalities each year: 37,261 (source: U.S. DOT)	Traffic fatalities each year (world total): 1.2 million (source: Wikipedia)
People killed in April 19, 1995, Federal Building bombing in Oklahoma City: 168 (source: Memorial Website)	People killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York City: 2,995 (source: Wikipedia)	Students killed in the May 4, 1970, shooting at Kent State U.: 4 (source: Wikipedia)
People killed in the Oct. 12, 2000 attack on the U.S.S. Cole: 17 (source: Wikipedia)	People injured/killed by lightning each year in the U.S.: Struck: 700 Killed: 70 (source: National Weather Service)	Flu deaths in the U.S. each year: 36,000 (source: CDC)
People killed by the Dec. 26, 2004, Indian Ocean tsunami: 230,000 (source: Wikipedia)	People killed in the April 16, 2007, shooting at Virginia Tech: 33 (source: Wikipedia)	Deaths from obesity per year in the USA: 112,000 (source: Washington Times)

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