Activity 3.1-Human Population

     I have written two demographic profiles that include, but are not limited to:

United States of America

• Birth rate: 11.0 births/1000 population
• Death rate: 10.0 deaths/1000 population
• Population growth rate: 0.1%
• Life expectancy for males and females: 75,80
• Fertility rate: 1.6
• Gross National Income (GNI): 66,060

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, blacks, Asians, Hispanics and other racial minorities will make up a majority of the population by the year 2050. When asked about the impact this change will have on the country, about a third of adults say this will be either very (17%) or somewhat (18%) good, about a quarter say it will be very (15%) or somewhat (8%) bad, and 42% say this change will be neither good nor bad.

Nonwhites are about twice as likely as whites to say having a majority nonwhite population will be good for the country: 51% of all nonwhite adults – including 53% of blacks and 55% of Hispanics – say this, compared with 26% of whites. About three-in-ten whites (28%) say this change will be bad for the country, while 46% say it will be neither good nor bad.

Views also differ by age. Young adults are more likely than their older counterparts to say a shift toward a majority nonwhite population will benefit the country: 50% of adults younger than 30 hold this view, compared with 36% of those ages 30 to 49, 29% of those 50 to 64, and a quarter of adults ages 65 and older. United States in my example for a more developed country compared to my least developed country which is Guinea. Guinea is my least developed country due to its statistics, the population in whole compare to Guinea is three times at large  therefore the life expectancy in Guinea is significantly lower compared to the US. The average age in Guinea is 19 vs the average age in the US is 38. In general the quality of life in the United States is suburb compare to that of Guinea. Now the birth rate of mothers ages 35 and up are expanding allowing humans to gain a full understanding. Overall the United States is still the largest and most important in the world. The U.S. economy represents about 20% of the worlds population. The economy in the United States is dominated by services such as companies in technology, financial services, healthcare and retail. More that a fifth of companies on the Fortune Global 500 comes form the United States. The US is the second largest manufacturer in the world and a leader in higher value industries. The economy in the US has been on a slow recovery since the recession in 2009. The economy has received further support through expansionary monetary policies since then, leading to an increased recovery. 

Guinea

• Birth rate: 17/1,000
• Death rate: 3,1000
• Population growth rate: 2.4%
• Life expectancy for males and females: 78,83
• Fertility rate (average number of children per childbearing-aged female): 3.6
• Gross National Income (GNI): --

In 2022, the country's population was 13.49 million. Currently French Guineas population in 2023 is 14,063,580. French Guineas population is primary of mixed descent and also referred to as a Guyanese with minorities of French, Haitian, Chinese and Brazilians. The economy of French Guiana is tied closely to that of mainland France through subsidies and imports. Besides the French space center at Kourou, fishing and forestry are the most important economic activities in French Guiana. The large reserves of tropical hardwoods, not fully exploited, support an expanding sawmill industry which provides saw logs for export. Cultivation of crops is limited to the coastal area, where the population is largely concentrated; rice and manioc are the major crops. French Guiana is heavily dependent on imports of food and energy. Unemployment is a serious problem, particularly among younger workers.

As the country's largest employer, the agriculture sector plays a key role in poverty reduction and rural development, providing income for 57 per cent of rural households, and employment for 52 per cent of the labour force.

Guinea needs to increase there government system in order to increase socially and economically. 

Guinea also derives part of its revenues from mining. Experience shows, however, that mining and hydropower can have direct and indirect negative impacts on biodiversity and the environment. These potential risks will need to be carefully managed. Another major challenge for Guinea is youth unemployment and gender inequality. Developed Countries the literacy rate is high, but in Developing Countries illiteracy rate is high. Developed Countries have good infrastructure and a better environment in terms of health and safety, which are absent in Developing Countries. Developed Countries generate revenue from the industrial sector. The industrial goods sector includes stocks of companies that mainly produce capital goods used in manufacturing, resource extraction, and construction. Businesses in the industrial goods sector make and sell machinery, equipment, and supplies that are used to produce other goods rather than sold directly to consumers. The United States in comparison to French guinea is dramatic where Singapore and the United States are the countries by GNI per capita based on PPP in the world. As of 2021, GNI per capita based on PPP in Singapore was 102,450 international dollars. The top 5 countries also includes Qatar, Norway, Ireland, and Switzerland.

More developed country and a Low developed country Demographic Data Vs World Demographic Data

One way to understand the distribution of people across the world is to reform the world not based on the area but according to population. Our understanding of the world is often shaped by geographical maps. But this tells us nothing about where in the world people live. To understand this, we need to look at population density.

Population density is a measure of how densely populated an area is. It is calculated by dividing the total population of an area by its total land area.

On the map, we see the number of people per square kilometer (km2) across the world.

Globally the average population density is 62 people per km² in 2023, but there are very large differences across countries.Our understanding of the world is often shaped by geographical maps. But this tells us nothing about where in the world people live. To understand this, we need to look at population density.

Population density is a measure of how densely populated an area is. It is calculated by dividing the total population of an area by its total land area.

On the map, we see the number of people per square kilometer (km2) across the world.

Globally the average population density is 62 people per km² in 2023, but there are very large differences across countries.

Many of the world’s small islands or isolated states have large populations for their size. Macao, Monaco, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Gibraltar are the five most densely populated. Singapore has 8,480 people per km² – more than 200 times as dense as the United States, and 2,000 times as Australia.

Of the larger countries1, Bangladesh is the most densely populated with 1,330 people per km². This is almost three times as dense as its neighbor, India. It’s followed by Rwanda (571), South Korea (531), Lebanon (523), and the Netherlands (523).

If you hover your mouse over the brackets from 0 to 10 on the legend, you can see the world’s least densely populated countries. Greenland is the least dense, with around 0.1 people per km², followed by Mongolia, Namibia, Australia, and Iceland.

If we want to understand how people are distributed across the world, another useful tool is the population cartogram: a geographical presentation of the world where the size of the countries is not drawn according to the distribution of land, but according to the distribution of people.

References: 

Roser, M. et al. (2013) World population growth, Our World in Data. Available at: https://ourworldindata.org/world-population-growth (Accessed: February 14, 2023).

International database (no date) United States Census Bureau. Available at: https://www.census.gov/data-tools/demo/idb/#/country?COUNTRY_YEAR=2023&COUNTRY_YR_ANIM=2023 (Accessed: February 14, 2023).

FocusEconomics (2014) United States economy - GDP, inflation, CPI and interest rate, FocusEconomics | Economic Forecasts from the World's Leading Economists. Available at: https://www.focus-economics.com/countries/united-states (Accessed: February 14, 2023).