Friday, May 22, 2009

Topic #3

http://www.prb.org/ This is the official website for the Population Reference Bureau

The map pictured below is from http://www.worldmapper.org/. It depics how many people in the world are infected with HIV or human immunodeficiency syndrome. I find it very interesting that Africa, on average, has the highest Total Fertility Rate (TFR) and the highest percentage of HIV infected individuals. Consequently, Africa also has a high mortality rate for children ages 1-4. The infected individuals pass on the virus to their offspring. This accounts for the increase of HIV and child mortality along with an increase in the TFR.




Decreasing Population - Austria:


Increasing Population -Yemen:

1 comment:

  1. Nice selections in relation to the population pyramids. Yemen is one of the least developed countries on earth and Austria one of the wealthiest.

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