World Population

Choose a country and compare it to the United States in terms of life expectancy, percentage of the population with HIV/AIDS, and the percentage of children who are underweight.

1. Go to the website of the nonprofit Population Reference Bureau’s website (www.prb.org), and download the World Population Datasheet (https://www.prb.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2018_WPDS.pdf). Choose a country and compare it to the United States in terms of life expectancy, percentage of the population with HIV/AIDS, and the percentage of children who are underweight. 2. Create an infographic (https://www.easel.ly/) about […]

By the year 2060 would you say the U.S. population would be experiencing a rapid growth, slow growth, no growth or negative growth in population? Why?

Part 1 – Population Explosion 1. Look at the U.S. Census Bureau’s World Population Clock gives an up to the secondestimate of the world population. By how much does the population grow in 1 minute? How many people is that per second? Per week? 2. Using the U.S. Census Bureau’s State and County Quick Facts, […]

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