Activity 3.1- Human Population

More Developed Country: 

(Western Europe)

Country name: Austria 

Birth rate: 9 

Death rate: 10

Population growth rate (rate of natural increase): -0.1

Life expectancy for males and females: Males (79) & Females (84)

Fertility rate (average number of children per childbearing-aged female): 1.4

Gross National Income (GNI): 58,940

Least Developed Country:

(South Asia)

Country name: Afghanistan 

Birth rate: 32

Death rate: 6

Population growth rate (rate of natural increase): 2.6

Life expectancy for males and females: Males (64) & Females (67)

Fertility rate (average number of children per childbearing-aged female): 11

Gross National Income (GNI): 2,110

In this activity, I was able to analyze and compare data between two different countries regarding population ecology and human demography amongst the world. Population ecology is the dynamic study of species populations and how the populations interact with the environment  such as birth rates, death rates, reproduction, rates of survival, and risk of extinction etc. Human demography is a statistical study of human populations by examining movements of population over time. By analyzing through significant data, I was able to choose the most and least developed countries and compare them to the world data that ranges from the most developed to the lowest income. The most developed country I chose is Austria located in the Western Europe Region and the least developed country I chose is Afghanistan located in South Asia.The birth rate for Austria is at a 9, as well as the death rate being 10 per 1,000 population. In comparison to Afghanistan birth rate being at 32 and the death rate at 6 per 1,000 population. The overall data for the world is at 11 for most developed and 7 for least developed. Austria is the closest average compared to the world, but Afghanistan is increasingly high for the world which is averaged at 7. The population growth rate for Austria is -0.1 and for Afghanistan the rate is at 2.6. The overall rate of natural increase for the world is at -0.2 for most developed and 2.5 for least developed. Both Austria and Afghanistan are in comparison with the world population data. Next are moving onto the life expectancy rate for males and females and we are going to start with Austria who is at 79 for males and 84 for females. Afghanistan's data shows it being at 64 for males and 67 for females. The overall rate of life expectancy for the more developed in the world has males averaging at 76 and females 82. The least developed data shows males averaging at 64 and females 68. Again, both Austria and Afghanistan have a close comparison to the world data population and its total average is not far off. We are now going to focus on the fertility rate for Austria which averages the number of children per childbearing-aged female which is 1.4 and for Afghanistan it is 11. The overall fertility rate for the world averaged to 1.5 for the more developed country and 4.0 for the least developed country. Austria comes to a close comparison with the world population, as for Afghanistan is it increasingly high compared to the world’s data rate. The last category we are going to be discussing is Gross National Income (GNI), for Austria it is 58,940 and for Afghanistan it is 2,110. The overall Gross National Income for the world in the most developed country is 47,551 and for the least developed it is 3,086. Both Austria and Afghanistan's data are compatible with the world average data for GNI. Overall when comparing data amongst two countries and the entire world there was a variation of compatibility with the ecology amongst the population and how there are many differences between humans when interacting with the environment. All data is not going to be the same due to the economy in that country and financial stability within the country location. This activity broadened my perspective on how ecology within population and human interaction with our environment varies.

Work Cited:

Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopedia. "Demography". Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2021, https://www.britannica.com/topic/demography. Accessed 15 February 2022.

Elkinton, Joseph. “Population Ecology.” Population Ecology - an Overview | ScienceDirect Topics, Science Direct, 20 July 2009, https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/population-ecology. 

 U.S. Census Bureau. (2018). International database. International Programs. https://www.census.gov/data-tools/demo/idb/informationGateway.php