answer:Worldwide… 6,571,497,332 people live on earth 1,200,000,000 people live on $0.23 a day 2,000,000,000 people have no electricity 80% of people live in substandard housing 1,000,000,000 people are without safe drinking water Every 16 seconds someone dies of hunger 57,000,000 people died in 2006 10,500,000 of these were children under 5 years old 14,000,000 children were orphaned because of HIV + AIDS 2,000,000 children have died as a direct result of armed conflict in the last ten years Meanwhile… $8,000,000,000.00 spent on cosmetics in the U.S. $11,000,000,000.00 spent on ice cream in Europe $17,000,000,000.00 spent on pet food in the U.S. and Europe $105,000,000,000.00 spent on alcohol in Europe ~World Challenge Inc.