Monday, September 8, 2008

I found this interesting

I was looking at the CIA World Factbook today. Here are some numbers:
  • Population US- 303,824,640; Ethiopia - 82,544,840
  • Median age US-36.7 years; Ethiopia - 16.9 years
  • Birth rate US- 14.18 births/1,000 population; Ethiopia - 43.97 births/1,000 population
  • Death rate US- 8.27 deaths/1,000 population; Ethiopia - 11.83 deaths/1,000 population
  • Infant mortality rate US-total: 6.3 deaths/1,000 live births; Ethiopia - 82.64 deaths/1,000 live births
  • Life expectancy at birth US- total population: 78.14 years; Ethiopia - 54.99 years
  • Total fertility rate US- 2.1 children born/woman; Ethiopia - 6.17 children born/woman
  • HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS US- 950,000; Ethiopia - 1.5 million
  • HIV/AIDS - deaths US- 17,011 (2005 est.); Ethiopia - 120,000 (2003 est.)
  • Literacy US - 99%; Ethiopia - defined as age 15 and over can read and write total population: 42.7% ; male: 50.3% , female: 35.1% (2003 est.)

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