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Population Comparisons
World Information
Current world population: 7,357,360,910
Top 10 most populated countries and their populations:
1. China 1,373,541,278
2. India 1,266,883,598
3. United States 323,995,528
4. Indonesia 258,316,051
5. Brazil 205,823,665
6. Pakistan 201,995,540
7. Nigeria 186,053,386
8. Bangladesh 156,186,882
9. Russia 142,355,415
10. Japan 126,702,133
Crude Birth rate: 1.13% per year

Developing
Country, Continent: Nigeria, Africa
Population Age Structure Pyramid:

Population Density: 200.053 per sq. km

Total Fertility Rate: 5.65 per woman
Crude Birth Rate: 39.6 per 1000

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Crude Death Rate: 12.922 per 1000

GDP per captia: 481.066 billion current US$

Transitional
Country, Continent: Albania
Population Age Structure:

Population Density: 105.444 per sq. km

Total Fertility Rate: 5.1 per woman
Child Birth Rate: 13.414 per 1000
Crude Death Rate: 7.35 per 1000
GDP per capita: 11.456 billion current US$

Industrialized
Country, Continent: South Africa, Africa
Population Age Structure:

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Population Density: 45.303 per sq. km

Total Fertility Rate: 2.3 per woman
Child Birth Rate: 20.657 per 1000
Crude Death Rate: 12.461 per 1000
GDP per capita: 312.798 billion current US$

Post-Industrial
Country, Continent: Japan, Asia
Population Age Structure:

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Population Density: 348.251 per sq. km

Total Fertility: 1.4 per woman
Child Birth Rate: 8 per 1000
Crude Death Rate: 10 per 1000
GDP per capita: 4.123 trillion current US$
1. Trends among the top 10 most populated countries in the world:
The number of men compared to females is similar, the number of children per woman is about
the same, and the fertility rates are extremely close (being in a range of around 1-3)
2a. Differences and similarities between the Age Structure Pyramids of different
demographic transition:
The least industrialized country (Nigeria) showed having the most people at younger ages and
then decreasing significantly the older the ages got. Nigeria looked the most like an actual
pyramid, being the outlier. The rest look much more similar to each other; more people are living
longer. South Africa (industrialized) looks most similar to Nigeria (developing) because as
people got older they died much faster. Albania (transitioning) and Japan (post-industrialized)
look the most similar because people lived much longer and with higher rates in all ages. South
Africa, though, also has higher rates of living in general. The beginning ages of Japan is
comparable to Albanias; they both start at a lower number than the rest but then get bigger as
time goes on. Japan is the country, however, where the people live the longestby a longshot.
Overall, they are more different than similar.
2b. How research was found on the different example countries:
In order to find the information of each country, the two websites, World Data Bank and
Census.gov were used to find almost everything: population age structure, population density,
total fertility, child birth rate, crude death rate, and GDP per captia. The Census.gov website was
used only to find the population age structure, and by using the snipping tool, the pyramid was
pasted into this document. The World Data Bank, on the other hand, was used to find everything
else, with no snipping tool needed. There was some trouble, however, with figuring out which
countries were developing, transitioning, industrialized, and post-industrialized, so Wikipedia
was used to choose each of the countries.
3. The GDP per capita and the relationship it has to the countrys population:
The GDP per capita is a measure of a country that takes gross domestic product (GDP) and
divides it by the number of people in the country. This system is very helpful and useful when it
comes to comparing countries, because it shows their relative performance. The output of
money would also change depending on whether the country has a small or large population.

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Sources: www.investopedia.com/terms/p/per-capita-gdp.asp
http://www.census.gov/popclock/world
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator?display=default