Activity 3.1 – Human Population

 China, Hong Kong SAR

• Birth rate: 6

• Death rate: 7

• Population growth rate (rate of natural increase): -0.1%

• Life expectancy for males and females: 85

• Fertility rate (average number of children per childbearing-aged female): 1.3

• Gross National Income (GNI): 62,510

China, Hong Kong is a more developed country with the birth rate being six. The life expectancy is very long for both genders being around the age 85. With the death rate being just one higher than the birth rate at seven. Their gross national income is high being in the 60,000's.

Finland

• Birth rate: 8

• Death rate: 10

• Population growth rate (rate of natural increase): -0.1%

• Life expectancy for males and females: 82

• Fertility rate (average number of children per childbearing-aged female): 1.8

• Gross National Income (GNI): 51,650

Finland is a more developed country with the birth rate being at eight. The death rate is two digits higher at 10. The life expectancy is long for both female and male at the age of 82. Their gross national income is high being in the 50,000's.

To start with, a difference between the two countries, Finland and Hong Kong, is their gross national income. It is a 10,000 difference in Hong Kong, which is around 60,000. Finland does have a higher fertility rate resulting in 1.8, while Hong Kong has 1.3 their total. They both do have a long life expectancy for both genders. Hong Kong is age 85, and Finland is age 82. That high number is a good thing since the birth rate is so low in both countries. They are both considered more developed countries due to the low birth rate. Finland's birth rate is eight, and Hong Kong's birth rate is at six. They both have the same population growth rate increasing at -0.1%. When it comes to the death rate in Hong Kong, it is only one more than their total birth rate equaling seven. For Finland, it is two higher than the birth rate equals 10. Furthering, the proof of both countries being more developed.

However, the world population data for the more developed is the last to differentiate. The birth rate was nine, and the death rate was 11. In both countries, Finland and Hong Kong the birth rate is lower. For the death rate, Finland is closer to the world data sheet. It makes sense due to the fact Hong Kong only has a birth rate of six. The population growth in the world data sheet is -0.2%. Since both countries have the same percentage -0.1% from this information we know that the difference is only by .01%. Life expectancy for the world population data sheet is 79 years old for both genders. The age gap is not as far off as the other two countries' results. The fertility rate for the world data sheet is at 1.7 almost the same as Finland. Not for Hong Kong though which ties back to the birth rate. Lastly, the gross national income for the world population data sheet is 47,551. Which is lower than both countries Finland and Hong Kong. 

Overall, looking at all the data from the two countries compared to the world population data was very interesting. I didn't think they would have so much in common with the results. Even from the comparison of the two countries itself. I thought the data would be more different than similar. It was also captivating seeing how a simple thing like the birth rate affects everything else. 

Population Reference Bureau. (2021). 2021 world population data sheet. 2021-World-Pop Data-Sheet.pdfDownload 2021-World-Pop Data-Sheet.pdf

Data are on pp. 3 – 22. Ctrl+F (Find) on a Windows computer is useful for moving around this multi-page data table.

 

U.S. Census Bureau. (2018). International database. International Programs. https://www.census.gov/data-tools/demo/idb/informationGateway.php