CIA World Factbook

Today, Mr. Schick told us about the CIA website, and how useful of a site it really is. It has loads of information about various countries around the world and current events that are taking place. Mr. Schick wanted us to look up the answers on the site to the following questions he gave us. The questions and answers are posted below.

1. What is the population of the United States? 313,847,465

 

2. What are the five largest countries in the world, by population? China, India, United States, Indonesia, and Brazil

3. What is the population of Pakistan? 190, 291,129

4. What kind of government does the United States have? Constitution based Federal Republic (Democracy)

5. What is the unemployment rate in Zimbabwe? 24.9%

6. What is the largest country in the world by area? Russia

7. What country has the third greatest number of airports? Mexico

8. What country has the greatest number of exports? China
9. What country exports more oil than any other? Saudi Arabia
10. What country imports more oil than any other? United States
11. What country consumes more oil than any other? United States
12. Can women serve in combat roles in China’s military? Yes
13. What is GDP? Gross Domestic Product
14. What country has the highest GDP per capita in the world, and how much is it? Liechtenstein/141,100
15. Is the US in the top ten for GDP per capita? No, it is 11th
16. Most of the countries with the highest birth rates can be found in what continent? Africa
17. 11 of the top 12 countries with the highest number of deaths from HIV/AIDS can be found in which continent? Africa
18. What other country is in the top ten? India
19. Where does the US rank in HIV/AIDS deaths? Number 18
20. Is the US #1 in number of cellular phones? No, it is third.
21. What percentage of the US is Roman Catholic? 23.9%
22. What percentage of Mexico is Roman Catholic? 76.5%
23. What is Net Migration Rate? The amount of migrants per 1000 of the population.
24. Does the US have the highest Net Migration Rate in the world? No, Qatar does.
25. What is the current population of the entire planet? 7,021,836,029 people

The top two questions I find the most interesting are numbers 21 and 22. I would have thought the exact opposite. That the United States would have more Roman Catholic people than Mexico would. It is very surprising to find the difference in percentage rates between the two countries.