POPULATION DATA SHEET Flashcards
(28 cards)
YOUNGEST REGIONS
EASTERN, MIDDLE & WESTERN AFRICA HAVE A POPULATION THAT’S 40% KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF 15.
NIGER
POPULATION THAT’S 51% UNDER THE AGE OF 15 & ONLY 3% OLDER THAN 65
OLDEST REGIONS
SOUTHERN & WESTERN EUROPE HAVE 21% OF PEOPLE 65 & OLDER
SMALLEST HOUSEHOLD
SWEDEN HAS LOWEST HOUSE SIZE WITH A SIZE OF 1.9 COMPARED TO WORLD’S AVERAGE SIZE OF 4 OR MORE
OLDEST COUNTRY
JAPAN WITH A POPULATION OF 29% BEING 65 & OLDER. HIGHEST LIFE EXPECTANCY WITH AN AVERAGE OF 81 YEARS OLD FOR MEN & 85 YEARS OLD FOR WOMAN. FERTILITY RATE IS ONE OF THE LOWEST TOO AT RATE OF 1.3
HIGHEST HIV RISK
SOUTHERN AFRICA WITH 15% MEN & 26% WOMAN AGES 15 & OLDER WITH HIV. ESWANTI IN SOUTHERN AFRICA HAS 35% WOMAN & 19% MEN 15 & YOUNGER WITH HIV
HIGHEST INFANT RATE
CHAD (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC) & SIERRA LEONE HAVE RATE 70+ INFANT DEATHS & RATE OF 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS (HIGHEST IN THE WORLD)
LOWEST INFANT RATE
SINGAPORE HAS AVERAGE OF 1.7 INFANT DEATHS & 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS
REGION WITH LARGEST URBAN AREAS
SOUTH AMERICA 84% LIVE IN URBAN AREAS & 95% OF URUGUAY’S LIVE IN URBAN AREAS
LARGEST REGION WITH DECLINE IN POPULATION
EASTERN EUROPE EUROPE PROJECTED TO DECLINE IN 2050 BY 90% OF TODAY’S POPULATION. UKRAINE PROJECTED TO BE THE LARGEST IN 2050 OVERALL WITH A PERCENTAGE OF 20%
HIGHEST AGES FOR WOMAN
HONG KONG ADMIN REGION BIRTH OF WOMAN LIVE UP TO 88 YEARS & MEN RANKED 3RD WITH 82 YEARS
LARGEST INCREASE IN POPULATION
INDIA EXPECTED TO ADD 263 MILLION PEOPLE TO THEIR POPULATION DURING 2020-2050
LARGEST DECREASE IN POPULATION
CHINA 2050 PROJECTED TO HAVE 36 MILLION fewer PEOPLE THAN 2020
LARGEST HOUSEHOLD SIZE
WESTERN & MIDDLE AFRICA AVERAGE OF 5.1. SENEGAL HAS AVERAGE OF 8.7
CITY LIVING
SAUDI ARABIA CLOSE TO 50% LIVE IN CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF 1 MILLION OR MORE
LIFE EXPECTANCY RANKS
USA 50TH IN MALE (TIED WITH OMAN, TURKEY & PANAMA) $ 49TH IN WOMAN (TIED WITH ALBANIA, ARGENTINA & LEBANON) 76 FOR MEN (4 YEARS LESS THAN CANADA) & 81 FOR WOMAN (3 YEARS LESS THAN CANADA)
HIGHEST LIFE AGE FOR MALEE
AUSTRALIA 83 YEARS FOR MEN & 86 FOR WOMAN (TIED WITH FRANCE, LIECHTENSTEIN, SOUTH KOREA & SPAIN)
SMALL OLDER POPULATIONS
3%, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AGES 65 & OLDER
LARGE YOUNGER POPULATIONS
43% OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA’S BELOW 15 YEARS OLD (COUNTRIES IN THIS REGION INCLUDE: NIGER (51%), ANGOLA (48%), CHAD (48%), MALI (48%), SOMALIA (47%), & MORE.
DEMAND FOR FAMILY
NIGERIA HAVE 34% OF WOMAN 15-49 YEARS OLD WITH A DEMAND FOR FAMILY PLANNING WITH THE COMPLETION MET BY MODERN CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS.
QUICK POPULATION INCREASE
ANGOLA, BENIN, & NIGER PROJECTED TO INCREASE 150% MORE BY 2050
LARGE OLDER POPULATION
65+ YEARS OLD 20% OR MORE COUNTRIES THAT ARE MAINLY LOCATED IN EUROPE (FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY, & LITHUANIA) 1 IN 5 PEOPLE IN THIS AREA ARE AT A HIGHER RISK OF GETTING COVID DUE TO THE OLDER POPULATION
BELOW REPLACEMENT BIRTH RATE
USA ONE OF 31 COUNTRIES/TERRITORIES WITH A TFR (TOTAL FERTILITY RATE) BELOW REPLACEMENT LEVEL WITH AVERAGE BEING 1.7 WHICH IS A 2.1 REPLACEMENT RATE (THE AVERAGE RATE OF BIRTHS NEEDED TO REPLACE THE POPULATION WITHOUT MIGRATION
LOW INFANT MORTALITY RATE
RICH COUNTRIES RATE OF 5 DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS. INCLUDES COUNTRIES: CANADA (4.7), SOUTH KOREA (2.8), & UNITED KINGDOM (3.7)