Find and copy a map of each country, along with the country's flag.
1. What is the Total Population of each of these nations?
• Nigeria - 149,229,090
• South Africa - 49,052,489
• Sudan - 41,087,825
• Ethiopia - 85,237,338
• Kenya - 39,002,772
• Untied States - 307,212,123
2. What is the TFR?
• Nigeria - 4.91 children born/woman
• South Africa - 2.38 children born/woman
• Sudan - 4.48 children born/woman
• Ethiopia - 6.12 children born/woman
• Kenya - 4.56 children born/woman
• Untied States - 2.05 children born/woman
3. What is the Crude Birth Rate?
• Nigeria - 36.65 births/1,000 population
• South Africa - 19.93 births/1,000 population
• Sudan - 33.74 births/1,000 population
• Ethiopia - 43.66 births/1,000 population
• Kenya - 36.64 births/1,000 population
• Untied States - 13.82 births/1,000 population
4. What is the Crude Death Rate?
• Nigeria - 16.56 deaths/1,000 population
• South Africa - 16.99 deaths/1,000 population
• Sudan - 12.94 deaths/1,000 population
• Ethiopia - 11.55 deaths/1,000 population
• Kenya - 9.72 deaths/1,000 population
• Untied States - 8.38 deaths/1,000 population
5. What is the overall Life Expectancy?
• Nigeria - 46.94 years
• South Africa - 48.98 years
• Sudan - 51.42 years
• Ethiopia - 55.41 years
• Kenya - 57.86 years
• Untied States - 78.11 years
6. What is the infant mortality rate?
• Nigeria - 94.35 deaths/1,000 live births
• South Africa - 44.42 deaths/1,000 live births
• Sudan - 82.43 deaths/1,000 live births
• Ethiopia - 80.8 deaths/1,000 live births
• Kenya - 54.7 deaths/1,000 live births
• Untied States - 6.26 deaths/1,000 live births
7. What is their colonial experience? Who did they gain their independence from, and when?
• Nigeria - October 1, 1960 (from the UK)
• South Africa - 31 May 1910 (Union of South Africa formed from four British colonies: Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal, and Orange Free State); 31 May 1961 (republic declared) 27 April 1994 (majority rule)
• Sudan - 1 January 1956 (from Egypt and the UK)
• Ethiopia - oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years
• Kenya - 12 December 1963 (from the UK)
• Untied States - 4 July 1776 (from Great Britain)
Would you consider each of these nations a developed country or a developing country? Why?
I would consider all but United States a developing country. Although all are developing because Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world by about 2,000 years you would think they would be in the higher phase of demographic transition. Instead they still have 85,237,338 and the countries life expectancy is very low telling me their health care probably is not as good as the United States. The United States Surpasses all the other countries population combined at 307,212,123. The United States life expectancy is at 78 years old and the birth rate and death rate are close making the population stay even but, slowly growing enough to keep the country growing. Another way I can tell the sub-Saharan countries population pyramid is like a perfect pyramid telling me that they are growing, health care is low and is developing. When United States’ Population Pyramid looks like a “bottle” shape where it stays constant then lessons at the top telling me this cou ntry has good health care and is developed.
