Getting Used to the CIA World Factbook

Today in class we are using the world Factbook to answer some questions so here goes...

1. What is the population of China, and of India?The population of China is 1,384,688,986 and the population of India is 1,296,834,042 as of 2018.


2. What is the Total Fertility Rate in Japan?
The total fertility rate in Japan is about 1.42 children born/woman.

3. What is the death rate in El Salvador?
The death rate in El Salvador is 5.8 deaths/1,000 population.

4. What percentage of the French identify “none” as their religion? Is this statistic verifiable, and why?
As of 2015, 23-28% of the French identify none as their religion. This isn't verifiable though due to religious data having not been collected since 1872 and I'm sure people have changed since then.

5. What percentage of Mexicans identify themselves as Roman Catholic?
82.7% of Mexicans identify as Roman Catholic.

6. What is the GDP - per capita (PPP) in the United States?
The GDP- per capita in the U.S. is $59,800 as of 2017 and using 2017 dollars.

7. What is the GDP - per capita (PPP) in Nigeria?
The GDP - per capita in Nigeria is $5,900 as of 2017 and using 2017 dollars.

8. What is the GDP - per capita (PPP) in Luxembourg?
The GDP - per capita in Luxembourg is $105,100 as of 2017 and using 2017 dollars.

9. What percentage of the United States’ population are Internet users?
 76.2% of the U.S. population are internet users as of 2016.

10. What is the number of airports in Russia, and in the United States?
The number of airports in the United States is 13,513 as of 2013. The number of airports in Russia is 1,218 as of 2013. 

11. How many people in the world do not have electricity?
About 1.201 billion people in the world don't have electricity. 

12. What is the Infant Mortality Rate in Canada, Cuba, and the United States?
The Infant Mortality Rate in Canada is 4.5 deaths/1,000 live births, its 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births for Cuba, and for the U.S. its 5.7 deaths/1,000 live births.

13. What is the literacy rate - total, for men, and for women - in Afghanistan?
The literacy rate for men is 52%, for women its 22.4% and in total its 38.2%. 

14. What three countries have the highest life expectancy?
The three countries with the highest life expectancy are Monaco, Japan, and Singapore.

15. What three countries have the lowest life expectancy?
The three countries with the lowest life expectancy are Afghanistan, Zambia, and Lesotho. 

16. What nation has the sixteenth highest Net Migration Rate?
Monaco has the sixteenth highest Net Migration Rate.

17. What is the unemployment rate in Vietnam, South Korea, the United States, India and Kenya?
The unemployment rate in Vietnam is 7.3%, in South Korea its 10.4 %, in the U.S. its 8.6%, in India its 10.1%, and Kenya doesn't appear to have one.

18. Military Expenditures are listed by the percentage of each nation's GDP spent on defense.
What percentage is spent by Germany, China, and the United States?
The percent spent by Germany is 1.24%, in China its 1.87%, and in the U.S. its 3.16% (as of 2018).

19. What three countries produce the most crude oil, and how much do they produce?
The three countries that produce the most crude oil are the U.S., Russia, and Saudi Arabia. The U.S. produces 10.962 million bbl/day, Russia produces 10.759 million bbl/day, and Saudi Arabia Produces 10.425 million bbl/day (as of 2018).

20. What three countries import the most crude oil, and how much do they import?
The three countries that import the most crude oil are the U.S., China, and India. The U.S. imports 7.969 million bbl/day, China imports 6.71 million bbl/day, and India imports 4.057 million bbl/day.

21. What percentage of the world’s people speak Spanish? Chinese? English?
5.1% of the world speaks English, 6% of the world speaks Spanish, and 12.3% of the world speaks Chinese.


- Karlee :)

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