12 Geographic Realms: Measures of Economic Development

MEASURE:

Population

Arith.
Pop.
Den.

Birth
Rate

Death
Rate

Rate of
Natural
Incease

Population
doubling
time

Life Expec.
male/female

% Urban Pop.

Infant
Mort.

GNP per- capita

:MEASURE

REALM

Sub-Saharan Africa

683.8

82

39

17

2.2 %

32

49 / 50

30

88

$ 1,540

Sub-Sah. Afr.

N. Africa / SW Asia

530.6

71

27

8

1.9 %

37

65 / 68

53

48

N. Afr./ SW Asia

Middle America

184.2

176

26

6

2.0 %

35

70 / 75

66

31

$

Mid. Amer.

South America

365.4

53

22

6

1.6 %

44

67 / 74

79

29

$ 7,070

S. Amer,

South Asia

1419.5

819

27

9

1.8 %

39

62 / 63

28

69

$ 2,213

S. Asia

Southeast Asia

552.2

318

22

7

1.5 %

47

65 / 70

36

41

$ 3,450

SE. Asia

East Asia

1530.2

337

13

7

0.6 %

117

70 / 74

44

31

$ 6,280

E. Asia

Australia/NZ

23.9

8

13

7

0.6 %

114

77 / 82

84

5

$ 23,894

Aus/NZ

Pacific Realm

8.5

40

8 ?

1 ?

0.7 % ?

110

52

24

10 ?

$ 628

Pacific

Europe

583.2

255

10

11

- 0.1 %

70 / 78

73

8

$ 16,150

Europe

Russia

143.8

22

9

16

- 0.7 %

59 / 72

73

15

$ 8,010

Russia

North America

322.2

42

14

9

0.5 %

140

74 / 80

75

6

$ 33,410

N. Amer.

WORLD

6,365.1

123

21

9

1.2 %

58

65 / 69

47

54

$ 7,140

WORLD

MEASURE:

Population

Arith. Pop. Den.

Birth
Rate

Death
Rate

Rate of Nat. Incease

Population
doubling
time

Life Expec.
male/female

% Urban Pop.

Infant
Mort.

GNP per- capita

:MEASURE


POPULATION: in millions
ARITHMETIC POPULATION DENSITY: people per square mile
BIRTH RATE: number of births in a year per 1000 people in the population
DEATH RATE: number of deaths in a year out of 1000 people in the population
ANNUAL RATE OF NATURAL INCREASE IN THE POPULATION: % (this number does not include immigration or emigration)
POPULATION DOUBLING TIME: number of years for the population to double in size
INFANT MORTALITY: number of deaths of children age 1 year or less out of 1000 live births
LIFE EXPECTANCE MALES: years
LIFE EXPECTANCY FEMALES: years
PERCENT URBAN: %
PER CAPITA GNP: US dollars