Activity 3.1- Human Population

 World

Most Developed

• Birth rate: 10 per 1000 population

• Death rate: 12 per 1000 population

• Population growth rate (rate of natural increase): 0.2%

• Life expectancy for males and females: Male-75 Female-82

• Fertility rate (average number of children per childbearing-aged female):1.5

• Gross National Income (GNI): 18,625


Least developed

• Birth rate: 31 per 1000 population

• Death rate: 78 per 1000 population

• Population growth rate (rate of natural increase): 2.4%

• Life expectancy for males and females: Male-62 Female-67

• Fertility rate (average number of children per childbearing-aged female): 4.0

• Gross National Income (GNI): 3,399


Two Countries

Most developed

• Country name: Costa Rica

• Birth rate: 11 per 1000 population

• Death rate: 6 per 1000 population

• Population growth rate (rate of natural increase): 0.4%

• Life expectancy for males and females: Male- 78 Female-83

• Fertility rate (average number of children per childbearing-aged female): 1.3

• Gross National Income (GNI): 21,800


Least Developed

• Country name: Somalia

• Birth rate: 44 per 1000 population

• Death rate: 12 per 1000 population

• Population growth rate (rate of natural increase): 3.2%

• Life expectancy for males and females: Males- 53 Females-57

• Fertility rate (average number of children per childbearing-aged female): 6.3

• Gross National Income (GNI): 1,300

The information above allows us to compare how a country is developing. The very top is the information of the world data for a most developed country. The information below is the world data for the least developed country. If we just compare the two lists, we can see major differences. The first thing we look at is the birth rate. In developed countries the birthrate is lower while in the least developed the birth rate is significantly higher. The next item to look at is the deathrate of the population. The higher the deathrate, the less developed the country will be. We look at the growth rate of the country after that. This is the rate a population grows or shrinks in an area. The next category will be the life expectancy of male and females in the population. The average number of children per childbearing females is another category to look at. The lower number of average children the more developed the country is. The last category to look at is gross national income. These six categories are dramatically different from more developed countries to least developed countries. The opportunity is greater when technology and education are available to the population, that is the reason these numbers are so different.

                The two countries I compared was Somalia in Eastern Africa and the South American country of Costa Rica. On the list, we can see Costa Rica’s birth rate is 11 people for every1,000 person. While Somalia has a birth rate of 44 people for every 1,000 people. Costa Rica is closer to the world average of a most developed country while Somalia is over the world average on a least developed country. Next on the list would be the mortality rate. Although both countries mortality rate is closer to most developed with Costa Rica at 6 per 1,000 and Somalia at 12 per 1,000. This leads to the next category population growth rate. When you take the birthrate and subtract the mortality rate you get the growth amount. We can see there is a major difference between the two countries. Costa Rica is at .4% while Somalia is at 3.2%. This means Costa Rica’s population is not growing as fast as Somalia and the numbers are closer to least developed country for Somalia. The life Expectancy is higher in Costa Rica than in Somalia by around 20 years. The people are living longer in Costa Rica and the population is growing slower. This puts them on the Most developed side. The lower developed country of Somalia has a higher fertility rate. This category is attributed to the population growth, and I believe this is due to the education of the population and technology of the country. The last category is the gross national income. In a more developed you have more opportunity to gain more money that is why Costa Rica is above the world average in this category and Somalia is below the world average for a least developed country.

 This is an extreme example of how to tell if a country is underdeveloped or trending to become more developed. These two countries are on are on the opposite side of what a developed country is. We can see Costa Rica’s numbers are closer to the worlds most developed categories and Somalia’s numbers are closer to the least developed country.

Resource

“World Population Data Sheet 2022”, Public Reference Bureau, https://2022-wpds.prb.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-World-Population-Data-Sheet-Booklet.pdf


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