Monday, January 30, 2006

Comparison

From the CIA World Factbook:

Ghana
population: 21 million
ave. life expectancy: 58.47 years
children/women: 3.02
GDP/capita: $2,500
unemployment rate: 20%
% below poverty line: 31.4%
weather (4pm local time): 90 degrees F, feels like 96, 55% humidity

Egypt
population: 77 million
ave. life expectancy: 71 years
children/women: 2.88
GDP/capita:$4,400
unemployment rate: 10%
% below poverty line: 16.7%
weather (current time 6pm): 57 degrees F and feels that way, 59% humidity

Malaysia
population: 23.9 million
ave. life expectancy: 72.24 years
children/women: 3.07
GDP/capita: $10,400
unemployment rate: 3.6%
% below poverty line: 8%
weather (current time midnight): 81 degrees F, feels like 86, 84% humidity

Surprised that Malaysian women have more children than Ghanaian or Egyptian; that Egyptians live almost as long as Malaysians; that Egypt is currently more humid that Ghana---that's gotta be wrong. The population of Malaysia and Ghana is roughly that of Cairo alone.

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