Measures of Economic Development:
12 Geographic Realms

MEASURE:

Population

Arith.
Pop.
Density

Phys.
Pop.
Den

Birth
Rate

Death
Rate

Rate of
Natural
Increase

Population
doubling
time

Life Expec.
male/female

%
Urban Pop.

Infant
Mort.

GNI: income per- capita

:MEASURE

REALM

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REALM

Sub-Saharan Africa

769.5

32

421

40

15

2.5 %

28

41 / 51

35

87

$ 1,828

Sub-Sah. Africa

NASWA

592.4

63

687

26

7

1.9 %

37

66 / 70

53

46

$ 8,309

NASWA

Middle America

196.3

72

447

21

6

1.6 %

44

71 / 76

69

24

$ 9,489

Mid. Amer.

South America

397.5

22

356

20

6

1.4 %

50

69 / 76

81

23

$ 9,290

S. Amer.

South Asia

1569.5

146

291

25

8

1.7 %

41

64 / 66

28

58

$ 2,576

S. Asia

Southeast Asia

601.8

134

642

20

7

1.3 %

54

68/72

45

31

$ 4,440

SE. Asia

East Asia

1573.4

134

1083

12

7

0.5 %

140

72/76

50

21

$ 8,380

E. Asia

Austral Realm

26.0

3

45

14

7

0.7 %

100

79 / 84

87

4.8

$ 32,164

Austral Realm

Pacific Realm

9.6

17

806

29

9

2.0 % ?

35

58/63

22

50

$ 1,526

Pacific

Europe

594.9

26

204

11

11

0.0 %

--

72 / 79

71

6

$ 24,320

Europe

Russia

157.7

9

123

12

14

- 0.2 %

--

61 / 73

71

10

$ 13,512

Russia

North America

341.9

17

139

14

8

0.6 %

117

76 / 81

79

6.5

$ 44,790

N. Amer.

WORLD

6,880

51

443

21

8

1.3 %

54

67 / 70

50

45

$ 9,600

WORLD

MEASURE:

Population

Arith. Pop. Density

Phys.
Pop.
Den

Birth
Rate

Death
Rate

Rate of Natural Increase

Population
doubling
time

Life Expec.
male/female

%
Urban Pop.

Infant
Mort.

GNI: income per- capita

:MEASURE


POPULATION: in millions
ARITHMETIC POPULATION DENSITY: people per square kilometer
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