CIA Government

Today in class, we answered questions by using the website CIA World Factbook. Below are the questions and answers.

1. What is the population of China, and of India?

The population is 1,384,688,986 is China; The population is 1,296,834,042 in India.

2. What is the total fertility rate in Japan?

The total fertility rate in Japan is 1.42 children born per woman.

3. What is the death rate in El Salvador?

The death rate in El Salvador is 5.8 deaths per 1,000 population.

4. What percentage of the French identify "none" as their religion? Is this statistic verifiable, and why?

23-28% of the French identify "none" as their religion. This statistic is not verifiable because the website notes that the French maintained a secularism and hasn't officially collected data since the 1872 national census.

5. What percentage of Mexicans identify themselves as Roman Catholics?

82.7% of Mexicans identify themselves as Roman Catholics.

6. What is the GDP- per capita (PPP) in the United States?

The GDP in the United States is 59,800 as of 2017.

7. What is the GDP- per capita (PPP) in Nigeria?

The GDP in Nigeria is 5,900 as of 2017.

8. What is the GDP -per capita (PPP) in Luxembourg?

The GDP in Luxembourg is 105,100 as of 2017.

9. What percentage of the United States' population are internet users?

76.2% of the United States' population are internet users.

10. What is the number of airports in Russia, and the United States?

There are 1,218 airports in Russia and 13,513 airports in the United States.

11. How many people in the world do not have electricity?

1.201 billion people in the world do not have electricity.

12. What is the infant mortality rate in Canada, Cuba, and the United States?

The infant mortality rate in Canada is 4.5 deaths per 1,000 live births. In Cuba, the infant mortality rate in 4.4 deaths per 1,000 live births. In the United States, the infant mortality rate is 5.7 deaths per 1,000 live births.

13. What is the literacy rate- total for men, and for women- in Afghanistan?

38% of the total population can read and write in Afghanistan- 52% for males and 24.2% for females.

14. What three countries have the highest life expectancy?

Monaco, Japan, and Singapore have the highest life expectancies.

15. What three countries have the lowest life expectancies?

Lesotho, Zambia, and Afghanistan have the lowest life expectancies.

16. What nation has the 16th highest net migration?

Monaco has the 16th highest net migration.

17. What is the unemployment rate in Vietnam, South Korea, the United States, Kenya, and India?

In Vietnam, the unemployment rate is 2.2%. The unemployment rate in South Korea is 3.7%. The unemployment rate is 4.4% in the United States. In Kenya, the unemployment rate is 40%. The unemployment rate in India is 8.5%.

18. Military expenditures are listed by the percentage of each nation's GDP spent on defense. What percentage is spent on Germany, China, and the United States?

1.24% is spent on Germany. 1.87% is spent on China. 3.16% is spent on the United States.

19. What three countries produce the most crude oil, and how much do they produce?

The United States, Russia, and Saudi Arabia are the three countries that produce the most oil. The United States produces 10.962 million bbl. per day. Russia produces 10.759 million bbl. per day. Saudi Arabia produces 10.425 million bbl. per day.

20. What three countries import the most crude oil, and how much do they import?

The United States, China, and India are the countries that import the most crude oil. The United States imports 7.969 million bbl. per day. China imports 6.71 million bbl. per day. India 4.057 million bbl. per day.

21. What percentage of the world's people speak Spanish? Chinese? English?

6% of the world's people speak Spanish. 12.3% of the world's people speak Chinese. 5.1% of the world's people speak English.