With only five percent

[ramendra.awesome]

I am not sure if it is an OG question or not:

With only five percent of the world's population, United States citizens consume 28 percent of its nonrenewable resources, drive more than one-third of its automobiles, and use 21 times more water per capita than Europeans do.

A. With
B. As
C. Being
D. Despite having
E. Although accounting for

Now my question here is that Despite is a preposition, so it should be followed by a noun, while 'although' is a conjunction hence it should be followed by a clause.

Then how is option E correct?

A, B, C are wrong as meaning requires that there should be contrast in the sentence.

Please help!

[RonPurewal]

I am not sure if it is an OG question or not:

Translation of the above:
"This problem may violate the forum rules, but I'm posting it anyway."
(:

Nope. Sorry.

You should ALWAYS know the exact source of a problem.
If you don't know the source, you shouldn't even be looking at the problem. Period.