Analyzing World Population Data

After reviewing the homework, students made predictions about how many people are in the United States and the world. Thanks to the U.S. and World Population Clocks we are able to access current figures on population growth. In the D block class at 11am this morning there were 303,822,429 people in the U.S. and 6,660,440,000 people in the world. At 11:45am when class ended there were 303,822,663 people in the U.S. and 6,660,446,739 in the world!


Today students analyzed the world population data sets from the Population Reference Bureau that contained information for all of the countries in the world on:

crude birth and death rates
rates of natural increase
migration
projected populations in 2025 and 2050
infant mortality
total fertility
life expectancy
percentage of people in urban areas
percentage of people living with HIV or AIDS
percentage of women 15-49 using contraception
government view of the birth rate
GNI PPP per capita
percentage of population living below $2 U.S. /day
area of square miles
population density
percent of surface area protected
population with improved access to sanitation

Homework: none.