CIA assignment

5 Facts :

1. A fact that interested me is that Afghanistan has an infant mortality rate of 108.50 / 1000 live births. This relates to what we have been learning because this shows that a lot of the babies in Afghanistan have been dying, so their youth population is probably lower than their adult population. It scares me how many that many babies can die, but according to cia.gov most people in Afghanistan are poor and don’t have good medical care.

2. The second fact that interested me was that the Unites States is only number 45 on the highest life expectancy list, which means 44 countries have a higher life expectancy than us. I wouldn’t expect this because the U.S. has really good healthcare and technologies to keep people alive. This relates with what we have been learning because we have been talking about life expectancy a of different countries and how in 1810 every country in the world had a life expectancy of 40 or below.

3. The third fact that interested me was that Central African Republic has a GDP (per capita) of $700. This interests me because I couldn’t imagine being in a country only making that much money, and this shows how most African countries don’t make that much money and are below most of the world which is what we have learned about.

4. The fourth fact that interested me was that Cocos island has a population growth of 0. It also only has a population of 596 people which is the second smallest in the world. The population growth at 0 means no one is being born or dying there, which is very rare in our world. We have learned about population growth in class but I have never seen a country with one at 0.

5. The last fact that interested me was that Niger has a total fertility rate of 6.35 babies / woman. That surprised me because that is a lot of babies for just one woman, but I remember learning in class that most African countries have really high fertility rates because they can’t access things like birth control , and they are developing nations.

Population Pyramid Predictions:

1. Niger
Prediction: I think Nigers population is rising rapidly
Answer: Correct

2. El Salvador
Prediction: I think El Salvador’s population is rising slowly.
Answer: Correct, right now it’s population is rising really slow but it will soon decrease (around 2055).

3. Germany
Prediction: I think Germany’s population is rising very slowly.
Answer: Incorrect, it’s population is decreasing.

4. Norway
Prediction: I think it’s population is rising fast.
Answer: Correct

5. Costa Rica
Prediction: I think Costa Rica’s population is slowly rising.
Answer: Correct, but in 2050 it will start decreasing.