Contrasting Values in the USA
Commercial Pop Pop Total Pop. Pop. energy Household density density fertil. doubling in urban/ use (oil Per capita expenditure Area Area Pop per per rate time rural equiv.,kg. income on food Country sq.mi. sq.km. (M's) sq.mi. sq.km. CPW (years) areas(%) per capita) (US$) (%) Albania 11,197 29,000 3.4 303.7 117.20 2.70 46.2 37/63 1,152 1,200 NA Argentina 1,073,395 2,780,072 34.3 32 12.30 2.80 60 88/12 1,764 3,966 3 Bhutan 18,147 47,000 1.7 93.7 36.20 5.90 30.1 6/94 15 174 NA Bosnia 98,842 255,999 4.366 44.5 17.20 1.90 278 34/66 2,296 2,490 27 Brazil 3,286,485 8,511,930 161.4 49.1 19.00 2.80 44 79/21 908 2,920 35 China 3,696,100 9,572,825 1,238.3 335 129.40 2.20 49.2 30/70 602 364 61 IBT Cuba 42,830 110,929 11.1 259.2 100.10 1.90 78.2 76/24 1,102 2,000 NA Ethiopia 471,815 1,221,991 5 123 47.50 7.00 23.1 13/87 20 123 50 Germany 137,838 356,998 81.3 589.8 227.70 1.50 158 87/13 3,463 19,204 12 Guatemala 42,085 108,999 10.6 251.9 97.30 5.40 24.4 42/58 171 944 3 Haiti 10,811 28,000 7.2 666 257.10 4.80 34.5 32/68 49 374 NA Iceland 39,758 102,972 0.26 6.5 2.50 2.20 67 92/8 5,122 23,324 NA India 1,269,498 3,287,974 931 733.4 283.20 3.90 37.1 27/73 337 330 52 Iraq 169,000 437,707 21.2 125.4 48.40 5.70 22 75/25 774 1,940 NA Israel 7,847 20,324 5.9 751.9 290.30 2.90 15.2 93/7 1,931 12,293 21 Italy 116,216 300,997 57.9 498.2 192.40 1.30 771 71/29 2,756 18,588 19 Japan 145,946 377,997 125.9 862.7 333.10 1.70 183 78/22 3,552 26,824 16 Kuwait 6,880 17,819 1.2 174.4 67.30 3.70 -21 97/3 6,414 16,380 NA Mali 478,841 1,240,189 10.8 22.6 8.7 7.10 22.2 27/73 23 251 57 Mexico 755,985 1,957,986 93.7 124 47.90 3.20 34 75/25 1,383 2,971 35 IBT Mongolia 604,250 1,564,995 2.5 4.1 1.60 4.60 27 61/39 1,227 1,820 NA Russia 6,592,664 17,074,868 149.7 22.7 8.80 2.10 347 NA NA 3,469 NA S. Africa 471,429 1,220,992 42.7 90.6 35.00 4.10 29.6 51/49 2,262 2,543 34 Spain 194,981 504,997 39.3 201.6 77.80 1.40 434 81/19 2,229 12,482 24 Thailand 198,070 512,997 58.3 294.3 113.60 2.20 55 25/75 438 1,697 30 U.K. 94,595 244,999 58.1 614.2 237.10 1.90 289.2 90/10 3,688 16,606 12 U.S.A. 3,618,000 9,370,548 263.1 72.7 28.10 2.10 67 76/24 7,681 22,356 13 Uzbekistan 172,587 446,997 22.8 132.1 51.00 4.40 33.4 NA NA 978 NA Vietnam 127,400 329,963 73.8 579.3 223.70 3.90 34.5 21/79 100 215 NA W. Samoa 1,093 2,831 0.195 178 68 4.80 27 21/79 NA 930 59
Infant Mean Daily Leading mort. Adult years of Pop. Rank of caloric Life cause per Pop. ltrcy. school for in Number Major affluence intake exp. of 1000 per f/m people mil. in religious among UN members Country % MDR f/m death births phys. % aged 25+ % mil. affiliation (out of 183) Albania 107 79/72 NA 23 719 99/99 5/7 1.18 40,000 Muslim 103 Argentina 131 75/68 CD 29 370 95/96 8.9/8.5 0.19 65000 Roman Catholic 42 Bhutan 128 49/47 CMD 129 13,110 25/51 0.1/ 0.3 NA NA Mahayana Buddhist 174 Bosnia 140 76/70 NCMD 15 NA 88/97 NA NA NA Orthodox Christian 60 Brazil 114 69/63 CD 57 2,030 80/83 3.8/4 0.18 296,700 Roman Catholic 52 China 112 71/67 NCMD 27 730 62/84 3.6/6 0.24 3,030,000 Chinese folk-religionist 149 Cuba 135 79/74 CD 14 267 93/95 7.7/7.5 1.58 175,000 Roman Catholic 74 Ethiopia 73 50/47 CD 122 32,650 63 cmb 0.7/1.5 0.55 320,000 Ethiopian Orthodox 180 Germany NA 79/73 C 7 370 NA 10.6/11.7 NA NA Protestant 14 Guatemala 103 66/61 CMD 48 2,25647 47/63 3.8/4.4 0.42 44,600 Roman Catholic 114 Haiti 89 56/53 NA 86 6,539 47/59 1.3/2 0.10 7,400 Roman Catholic 147 Iceland 134 80/75 CD 5 385 99.9 9/8.8 NA NA Evangelical Lutheran 8 India 101 60/60 NCMD 88 2,460 34/62 1.2/3.5 0.14 1,265,000 Hindu 152 Iraq 128 66/61 NA 58 1,724 49/70 3.9/5.7 1.80 382,500 Shia Muslim 77 Israel 125 78/74 CD 9 345 89/95 9/10.9 2.97 175,000 Judaism 26 Italy 139 81/74 CD 8 210 96/98 7.3/7.4 0.62 361,400 Roman Catholic- 17 Japan 125 82/76 CD 5 610 99/99 10.6/10.8 0.20 246,000 Shintoist & Buddhist 2 Kuwait 127 76/72 NA 14 238 67/77 4.7/6 0.98 11,700 Sunni Muslim 21 Mali 96 50/47 CD 159 24/41 0.1/0.5 0.07 7,300 Muslim 162 Mexico 131 73/67 CD 35 1001 85/90 4.6/4.8 0.19 175,000 Roman Catholic 51 Mongolia 97 64/61 NA 60 403 86/93 7.2/7.6 0.62 15,500 Nonreligious, traditional 80 Russia 127 74/64 NCMD 19 21 99 cmb NA NA NA Eastern Orthodox 48 S. Africa 128 66/59 NA 53 1640 NA 3.7/4.1 0.17 72,400 *see note at right 5 *Black independent churches & other Christian churches Spain 141 80/74 NCMD 6 80 93/97 6.5/7 0.55 217,000 Roman Catholic 24 Thailand 103 72/66 NA 26 5000 90/96 3.3/4.3 0.49 283,000 Buddhist 87 U.K. 130 79/72 NCMD 7 611 99/99 11.6/11.4 0.51 293,500 Anglican 19 U.S.A. 138 79/72 NCMD 8 630 95/96 12.4/12.2 0.73 1,913,800 Protestant 9 Uzbekistan 127 73/66 NCMD 36 280 99 cmb NA NA NA Sunni Muslim 11 Vietnam 103 69/64 NA 40 2857 84/92 3.4/5.8 1.41 1,041,000 Buddhist 165 W. Samoa 108 70/65 CD 40 3685 90 cmb 11 0 0 Congregationalist 117 C=cancer; cal.=caloric; circ.=circulatory; CD = circulatory diseases; cmb=combined; CMD=communicable diseases; CPW=child per woman; exp.=expectancy; f.=females f/m=female/male; IBT=including beverage and tobacco; ltrcy.=literacy; mil.=military; mort.=mortality; NA=Not Available; NCMD =noncommunicable diseases; phys=physician;
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of US origin; Contrasting Values, composite image by Paul Goettlich from car advertisement
and unknown image source for homeless man with shopping cart. Note: Shopping
carts are known to many homeless people as "Cadillacs."
Data: (All data for Bosnia-Herzegovina is from former Yugoslavia, except for:
population, population density, % of population in urban/rural areas, and infant
mortality. This data is reported in The Statesman's Yearbook, 19931994.) Population:
from the United Nations Population Division (1992) as reported in World
Resources, 1994-1995. Exceptions: Bosnia (1992), from The Statesman's Yearbook,
1993-1994; and Western Samoa (1992), as reported in Grolier's Academic American
Encyclopedia, 1993. Population density/square km: calculated using data
from World Resources, 1994-1995. Population density/square miles: calculated
using data from World Resources, 1994-1995. Total fertility rate: from
the United Nations Population Division (1992) as reported in World Resources,
1994-1995. Exceptions: Russia (1985-1990) and Uzbekistan (1985-1990) as reported
in World Resources, 1994-1995; and Western Samoa (1988) as reported in
Britannica World Data, 1990. Population doubling time: calculated using
data from the United Nations Population Division (1992) as reported in World
Resources, 1994-1995. Exceptions: Bosnia-Herzegovina (1992) as reported in The
Statesman's Yearbook, 1993-1994; and Western Samoa (1992) as reported in
Grolier's Academic American Encyclopedia, 1993. Population in urban/rural
areas (%): from the United Nations Population Division as reported in World
Resources, 1994-1995. Exceptions: Western Samoa (1989) as reported in Grolier's
Academic American Encyclopedia, 1993. Commercial energy use (oil
equivalent, kg per capita): from the United Nations as reported in the World
Development Report, 1993. Exceptions: Albania (1990), Kuwait (1990), Mongolia
(1990), and Vietnam (1990) as reported in the World Development Report, 1992.
Note: German data for the Federal Republic of Germany is pre-unification. Per
capita income ($US): from the United Nations Population Division and the
World Bank as reported in World Resources, 1994-1995. Exceptions: Albania,
Bosnia, Cuba, Iraq, and Kuwait (1989) as reported in World Resources, 1992-1993;
Uzbekistan (1991) as reported in World Resources, 1994-1995; and Western Samoa
(1991) as reported in Europa World Yearbook, 1993. Household expenditures on
food (%): from the World Bank (1980-1985) or the United Nations Population
Division as reported in World Resources, 1994-1995. Exceptions: Western Samoa
(1988), as reported in Britannica World Data, 1990. Daily caloric supply (%
of minimum daily requirement): from the United Nations Population Division,
the United Nations Children's Fund, or the World Bank, as reported in World
Resources, 1994-1995. Exceptions: Kuwait and Western Samoa (19841986), as
reported in Britannica World Data, 1990. Life expectancy: from the United
Nations (1991) as reported in the World Development Report, 1993. Exceptions:
Albania, Iraq, Kuwait, Mongolia, and Vietnam (1990) as reported in the World
Development Report, 1992; and Western Samoa (1992), as reported in
Grolier's Academic American Encyclopedia, 1993. Leading cause of death: from
the World Health Organization (WHO) as reported in World Health Statistics
Annual, 1993. Exceptions: Argentina (1989), Brazil (1986), Cuba (1990), Germany
(1990), Iceland (1991), Israel (1989), Italy (1989), Japan (1991), and Mexico
(1991) as reported in World Health Statistics Annual, 1992. Infant mortality
rate: from the United Nations Population Division (1992) as reported
in World Resources, 1994-1995. Exceptions: Bosnia, as reported in The
Statesman's Yearbook, 1993-1994; and Western Samoa (1992) as reported in
Grolier's Academic American Encyclopedia, 1993. Population per physician: from
the World Health Organization (WHO) as reported in the World Development Report,
1993. Exceptions: Iraq (1984) and Kuwait (1984) as reported in the World
Development Report, 1992; and Argentina (1984), Guatemala (1984), Great Britain
(1981), Haiti (1985), Iceland (1986), Israel (1986), Mexico (1983), Mongolia
(1987), and Western Samoa (1988) as reported in Britannica World Data, 1990. Adult
literacy rate f/m: from UNESCO (1990) as reported in World Resources,
1994-1995. Exceptions: Ethiopia (1987), Great Britain (1980), Iceland (1985),
Israel (1992), Japan (1989), Mongolia (1980), and U.S.A. (1980) as reported in
Britannica World Data, 1990; and Western Samoa (1988) as reported in Grolier's
Academic American Encyclopedia, 1993. Mean years of school for people 25+ (f/m):
from UNESCO (1989) as reported in World Resources, 19941995. Exceptions:
Western Samoa, as reported by the United Nations Development Program, 1994. Population
in the military (%): calculated using data as reported in World Resources,
1994-1995. Number of people in armed forces: from International Institute
for Strategic Studies, World Priorities, U.S. Committees for Refugees, or the
World Bank as reported in World Resources, 1994-1995. Religion: As
reported in The Statesman's Yearbook, 1992-1993. Rank of affluence: as
reported in World Resources, 1994-1995. Exceptions: Bosnia, from the World Bank
as reported in World Resources, 1992-1993; Albania, Cuba, Iraq, and Vietnam
(1989) from CIA estimates as reported in World Resources, 1993-1994; Kuwait
(1989) from the World Bank as reported in World Resources, 1992-1993; Mongolia
(1986), as reported in Britannica World Data, 1990; and Western Samoa
(1989-1991), as reported in Europa World Book, 1993.
source: Material World: A Global Family Portrait. Peter Menzel, et al. Sierra Club Books, San Francisco (October 1994) pp.248-249
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