AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
INTERNET POPULATION ASSIGNMENT USING THE POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU WEBSITE
Go to the Population Reference Bureau’s website (www.prb.org) and answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper.
1. Look at the map on the back of this sheet and find circle “A”. How does the population inside the circle compare to that of the rest of the world? In other words, what percent of the total world population lives inside the circle?
2. Circle “A” represents what percent of the earth’s land surface?
3. Which of the world’s ten most populated countries are inside circle “A”?
4. How does the population of India compare to that of the Americas (North America, Central America, and South America combined)?
5. How does the population density of India compare to that of the Americas?
6. Which three of the five most populated countries on earth are close to the same size? Please list their population densities going from the highest to the lowest.
7. Which continent has the lowest population density?
8. Which two regions of the world have the highest fertility rates?
9. What percent of the total population in Germany is in the economically productive age group of 15 to 64? How does this compare to the economically productive age group in Tanzania?
10. Which country has the highest infant mortality rate? Which country has the lowest infant mortality rate?
11. Which country has the “youngest” population, that is, the highest proportion of population under age 15? Which country has the “oldest” population? That is, the highest proportion of population over age 65?
12. In which country are people expected to live the longest? Which country has the lowest life expectancy?
13. In which African country does the highest proportion of people live in urban areas?
14. China and India are the two most populated countries on earth. Please figure out how many people each of these countries is adding to their populations each year after subtracting for deaths. (growth rate times total population)