
HELL BANK NOTE CHINESE UPDATE
Note: This is an update of a post originally published on July 11, 2014. The 2021 total fertility rate in sub-Saharan Africa, 4.6 births per woman, is double the global average of 2.3 births per woman and triple the average in Europe and Northern America (1.5) and in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia (also 1.5). Growth is expected to be concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa, where an estimated 29% of all the world’s births happened last year. It is printed in Vietnam and signed by Yuk Wong, the Cantonese name of the Jade Emperor. In the UN’s “medium” scenario for future population growth – its middle-of-the-road estimate – the global population is expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and 10.4 billion in 2100. This hell money note has a similar design to the 100 US dollar note with Benjamin Franklin in front and the Independence Hall at the back. 168168 10000 Dollars 10000 Yin Low Yuk Wong 10000 Ten Thousand Reverse Amount printed in numerical form with a religious building to right Lettering: Heaven Bank Note 10,000 Dollars Joss Paper on Tai lung.

Including Brazil’s 215 million people puts the world’s seven most populous countries at 51.7% of the global population. Recent population growth, however, has been faster in the rest of the world than in these nations, meaning that the top six now hold slightly less than half (49%) of the world’s people. In fact, China’s population is greater than the entire population of Europe (744 million) or the Americas (1.04 billion) and roughly equivalent to that of all nations in Africa (1.427 billion).Īs recently as 2015, half the world’s population was concentrated in just six countries – the same as above, with the exception of Nigeria, which was then the seventh most populous country and has since passed Brazil to move into sixth place. The next five most populous nations – the United States, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nigeria and Brazil – together have fewer people than India or China. And more than half of all people live in just seven countries.Ĭhina has the world’s largest population (1.426 billion), but India (1.417 billion) is expected to claim this title next year. The world’s population will cross 8 billion in November, according to recently released projections from the United Nations. China has the world’s largest population, but is projected to slide down to second place in the global population ranking in 2023. Hell Bank Notes are also known for their enormous denominations ranging from ten thousand to five million. These notes are a form of joss paper, which is traditionally burned as a sacrificial offering for deities and dead ancestors, and it is considered culturally. Lettering: HELL BANK NOTE 10000 DOLLARS Watermark None Comments Hell notes are burnt offerings to the deceased as a superstitious solution to resolve their ancestors financial problems. But their contents have sparked outrage across social media as Chinese students and U of T community members have criticized the use of the ‘hell bank notes’ during the Lunar New Year. People shown at a water park in China in 2017. HELL BANK NOTE 10000 10000 10000 10000 10000 TEN THOUSAND HONG KONG CHI SHING Reverse Traditional Chinese building at left.
