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How many vegetarians are there worldwide?

I'm a Vegan and I HATE animal consumption and abuse. So, I want to know an approximation of vegetarians worldwide. Oh, and a percent of the world's population on the number of vegetarians.

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1. http://www.ivu.org/news/95-96/general.html There's some good info. I am a vegetarian and I want to become a vegan :)
2. For US the numbers are given at this site: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FDE/is_3_22/ai_106422316/ This will give the world number: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_percentage_of_the_world_population_is_vegetarian Over half of the worlds population is vegetarian.