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There are over 6 billion people in the world. More than 2 billion of them are under 18.

More than 210 million children aged 5-14 work. More than half of those are involved in dangerous work or work full time.

Nearly 11 million children under five die each year, mostly from preventable diseases.

Every day 14,000 people die because the water they use contains dangerous chemicals or untreated sewage. Diarrhoea, caused by dirty water and dirty conditions, kills more than1 million children a year.

400 million people in cities have no toilet or latrine.

At least 600 million people live in city slums or shantytowns. 1.3 billion people have inadequate housing.

In sub-Saharan Africa, millions of children have been orphaned by AIDS. Many more are having their education disrupted because their teachers are dying of the disease.

At least 1 million children a year are left motherless by death in childbirth.

73 million working children are under 10. In the short term, they miss out on education, and in the long term, they are more likely to die early.

In Brazil, Kenya, and Mexico, at least one in 4 farm workers is under 15 years old.