the united states vs. the world vs. the world. life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness……
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The United States
Vs.The World
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness……..
The United States is the 3rd largest country in the world.
• World Rankings–Russia–Canada–United States–Canada
The United States is the 3rd most populous country in the world
• World Rankings– China-1.3 billion– India 1.095 billion– United States 303.8 million– Indonesia 237 million– Brazil 196 million
OTHER WORLD RANKINGS
ACCORDING TO CIA WORLD FACTBOOK• World 6,706,993,152 • China 1,330,044,544 • India 1,147,995,904 • European Union 491,018,683 • United States 303,824,640 • Indonesia 237,512,352 • Brazil 196,342,592
Population Density- average number of people living in a square mile
World Population Densitywikimedia.org
Population Density 1 dot=100,000 people
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Energy Usage at Night
U.S. Census Bureau
World Physical Map
Literacy Rate- average percentage of people who can read and write over
the age of 15World Literacy Rate Map
United States Literacy Rate 99%
World Literacy Rate 82%
Illiteracy Rate
Burkina Faso 76%Mali 76%Chad 74%Niger 71%Guinea 70%Benin 65%
Religion United StatesChristian-78.5%
Protestant-51.3%Roman Catholic-23.9%Mormon 1.7%other Christian 1.6%
Jewish-1.7%Buddhist-0.7%Muslim-0.6%Unaffiliated-12%, Unspecified 2.5%
World Religions
Christian-33%Muslim-21%Hindus-13%Buddhist-6%Sikhs-0.35%Jews-0.25%Other-12%Non-Religious-14.40%
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Life Expectancy- average number of years a person is expected to live in a given area
• United States 78 years • World-66.26 years• Macau 84.3• Andorra 82.6• Japan 82 • Singapore 81.8• San Marino 81.8• Hong Kong 81.77• Australia 81.5• Canada 81.1
World Life Expectancy
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UNITED STATES Consumption
20 million barrels a dayProduction
7.4 million barrels a dayPercentage of World
Population- under 5%
WORLD Consumption
80 million barrels a dayProduction
78.9 million barrels a dayWorld Population- 6.8 billion
Other Comparisons
Using GIS(Geographic Information Systems)
Map layering Software
• National Atlas• GIS Map
Layering