population studies: defining our terms

LIFE EXPANTACY: 

an expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities (wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn)

france :
males: 77.79 years
females: 84.33 years
 (rated #8 in the world)


japan:
males:78
females: 85.62
(rated #3 in the world)


cuba:
male: 75.19 years

female: 79.85 years

(rated #55 in the world)

kenya:

males 57.9

females: 58.24

(rated #189 in the world)

afghanistan: 

male: 44.19 years

female: 44.61 years

(rated #219 in the world)

united states:

males: 75.65

females:44.61

(rated #49 in the world)

BIRTH RATE: 

the number of babies born annually per 1,000 women of reproductive age in any given set of people. 

(www.nrdc.org/reference/glossary/b.asp)

Japan - 8 births/1,000 people (rated #222 in the world)

Kenya - 37 births/1,000 people (rated # 29 in the world)

Ethiopia - 44 births/1,000 people (rated #7 in the world)

United States - 14 births/1,000 people (rated #154 in the world)

Germany - 8 births/ 1,000 people (rated #220 in the world)

DEATH RATE:

Deaths per 100,000 population. May be used to compare the burden of disease between different groups. Also called crude death rate

(www.ehdp.com/vitalnet/glossary.htm)

Afghanistan -18 deaths/1,000 people (rated #7 in the world)

Kenya - 8 deaths/1,000 people (rated #67 in the world)

United States - 8 deaths/ 1,000 people (rated #99 in the world)

Japan - 10 deaths/1,000 people (rated #69 in the world)

Mexico - 5 deaths/1,000 people (rated #192 in the world)

TOTAL FERTILITY RATE: The total fertility rate of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime. 

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_fertility_rate)

Niger - 8 children born/woman (rated #1 in the world)

Afghanistan - 6 children born/woman (rated #13 in the world)

Japan - 1 child born/woman (rated #218 in the world)

United States - 2 children born/woman (rated #126 in the world)

Germany - 1 child born/woman (rated #196 in the world)

MIGRATION RATE:

The number of persons departing the country to take up permanent residence in another country per 1000 mean (or mid-year population) for that year.

(statinja.gov.jm/DemoMethodology.aspx)

Mexico -  -4 migrants/1,000 people (rated #153 in the world)

United States - 4 migrants/1,000 people (rated #25 in the world)

United Arab Emirates - 23 migrants/1,000 people (rated #1 in the world)

Argentina - 0 migrants/1,000 people (rate #73 in the world)

Saudi Arabia - 8 migrants/1,000 people (rated #171 in the world)

Uganda - 9 migrants/1,000 people (rated #173 in the world)

TFR:
Average number of children born to be a girl .


Niger 7.75
Afghanistan 5.60
Japan 1.21
United States 2.05
Germany 1.41