Nighttime in Porto … Portugal has a population of over 10.5 million people
Patrick Comerford
At some point early this morning, this blog reached yet another new peak, with 10.5 million hits since I first began blogging almost 15 years ago, back in 2010. Once again this is both a humbling statistic and a sobering figure that leaves me not with a sense of achievement but a feeling of gratitude to all who read and support this blog and my writing.
After I began blogging, it took almost two years until July 2012 to reach half a million hits. It was over a year before this figure rose to 1 million by September 2013; 2 million in June 2015; 3 million by October 2016; 4 million on 19 November 2019; 5 million on 27 March 2021; 6 million on 1 July 2022; 7 million on 13 August 2023; 8 million by 30 April 2024; and 9 million on 21 October 2024.
But the rise in the number of hits has been phenomenal this month, reaching 9.5 million ten days ago (4 January 2025), 10 million two days ago (12 January 2025), and 10.5 million in the early hours of this morning.
Indeed, January 2025 is the first month this blog has ever had 1 million hits in a month – or even within a fortnight – with 1 million hits in January by the early hours today.
In recent months, the daily figures have been overwhelming on occasions, and five of the 10 days of busiest traffic have been in the past five days alone, and four more within the past year (2024):
• 289,076 (11 January 2025)
• 285,366 (12 January 2025)
• 261,422 (13 January 2025)
• 100,291 (10 January 2025)
• 64,077 at the end of the day (14 January 2025), or 59,095 by noon
• 35,452 hits (28 May 2024)
• 27,616 (11 May 2024)
• 26,974 (27 May 2024)
• 23,234 (3 September 2023)
• 22,436 (19 June 2024)
With this latest landmark figure of 10.5 million hits by today, and 1 million hits so far this month, once again I find myself asking questions such as:
• What do 10.5 million people look like?
• What are 10.5 million people when it comes to wating lists and refugees?
• What would £10.5 million, €10.5 million or $10.5 billion buy?
• What would £10 million, €10 million or $10 billion buy?
The Charles Bridge in Prague … the Czech Republic has a population of over 10.5 million people (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
It is estimated that 10.5 million people are about 0.1 per cent of the world’s population. Countries with a population of about 10.5 million include the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, the United Arab Emirates, Portugal and Sweden.
The population of the surrounding suburbs of Paris is estimated at around 10.5 million, which makes it the most populous urban area in the European Union. The total population of Paris is now estimated at 11,276,700.
Cities with a population of about 10.5 million include Bogotá, Jakarta, Chennai and Lima.
More tanh 10.5 million people in southern California are under red flag warnings for fire danger today as gusty winds are expected to hit the area.
Reports say 10.5 million people from Mexico and Central America are expected to relocate by 2050 to flee the effects of climate change.
Analysis by Save the Children last year shows how 10 .5million children were forced to flee their homes the previous year in the world's 10 largest crises. This pushed the number of children displaced globally to more than 50 million, the highest ever, with numbers more than doubling since 2010.
Royal Mail was fined £10.5 million by the regulator Ofcom last month for failing to meet delivery targets for first and second class mail.
Europe, including Russia west of the Urals, measures roughly 10.5 million sq km.
Scientists estimate that roughly 10% of the entire Earth is covered by Rainforests. That would make the total land mass covered by Rainforests to be about 15 million sq km in distance. But this is decreasing drastically due to ranching, mining, logging and agriculture.
One of the most warming figures personally in the midst of all these statistics is the one that shows my morning prayer diary is reaching by an average of 60-65 people each morning. I have been retired for almost three years now, but I think any of my colleagues would be prayerful thankful of congregations in their churches that averaged 420-450 people a week.
Today, I am very grateful to all 10.5 million readers and viewers of this blog to date, and for the small core group among them who join me in prayer, reading and reflection each morning.
Nightime in Paris … the population of the surrounding suburbs of Paris is estimated at around 10.5 million (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)
Updated 15 January 2025 with final figures for 14 January 2025
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