Population Comparisons

You are going to make population profiles for four countries - one in each stage of the
demographic transition. You will create a document briefly profiling each country along with
some general information about the current state of the world population.
Resources:
United States Census Population Clock: http://www.census.gov/popclock/world
Choose either United States or World to open up data options
World Bank Data http://data.worldbank.org/indicator?display=default
Choose an indicator in the Health category to display data; side menus available to
navigate once indicator selected

World Information:
Current world population 7.36 billion
List of top 10 most populated countries and their populations

1. China
2. India
3. United States
4. Indonesia
5. Brazil

1,373,541,278
1,266,883,598
323,995,528
258,316,051
205,823,665

6. Pakistan
7. Nigeria
8. Bangladesh
9. Russia
10. Japan

201,995,540
186,053,386
156,186,882
142,355,415
126,702,133

Current crude growth rate

1.13% per year
Stages of Demographic Transition
Stage of transition (Pre-industrial, Industrialization, Industrialized, Post-industrialized)
Country, Continent
Population Age Structure Pyramid
Population Density
Total Fertility Rate
Crude Birth Rate
Crude Death Rate
GDP per capita

1) Pre-Industrial: Egypt, Africa

Population density: (people per sq. km) 89.99 in 2014

Fertility: 2.81 births per woman (2012)

Crude birth rate (per 1000

population): 23.2 in 2013
GDP: 3,314.46 USD (2013)

Crude death rate (per 1000

population): 6.4 in 2013

2) Industrialization: Afghanistan, Asia,

Population density (people per sq. km) 48.44 in 2014

Fertility: 5.14 births per woman (2012)

Crude birth rate (per 1000
Crude death rate (per 1000
population) 2013 = 34.1
population) 2013 = 7.7
GDP: 664.76 USD (2013)

3) Industrialized: China, Asia

Population density (people per sq. km): 146 in 2015

Fertility: 1.66 births per woman (2012)

Crude birth rate (per 1000
Crude death rate (per 1000
population) 13.3 in 2013
population) 7.2 in 2013
GDP: 6,807.43 USD (2013)

4) Post Industrialized: Singapore, Asia

Population density (people per sq. km): 7,987.52

Fertility: 1.29 births per woman (2012)
Crude birth rate (per 1000
Crude death rate (per 1000
population) 10 in 2014
population) 5 in 2014
GDP: 55,182.48 USD (2013)
Answer these questions:

1) What trends do you see among the top 10 most populated countries in the world?
Only two countries exceed 1 million, both are in Asia. There is a large gap between the
two top countries and the rest.
2) Compare and contrast the Age Structure Pyramids of the different stages of demographic
transition. Describe how you researched to find the different example countries? I search for
examples of countries in each stage. The earlier the stage the more of a pyramid shape the
gender graph has. This means the countries have lots of young that do not survive to old age.
The latest stage has the most people in the middle with generally even spread throughout.
3) What is GDP per capita and what relationship might it have to a countrys population?
Typically the higher the GDP the more developed that country is. Also the higher the
number of people of working age in the country the higher the GDP.