International Statistcs Flashcards
1
Q
What countries have the highest life expectancy?
A
Canada Australia France Germany (Much of Europe)
80-83 yrs
2
Q
Is the US among countries w/highest life expectancy?
A
No, people in the US live to 70-79 yrs. (2nd highest life expectancy bracket)
Same age as:
- Mexico
- China
- All of South America, except Bolivia (Brazil, Columbia, Venezuela, Argentina)
- Libya
- Egypt
3
Q
What religions dominate each country?
A
- US: Protestant
- Canada: catholic
- Mexico & Central America: Catholic
- South America (except Guyana): Catholic
- Guyana: Protestant
- Greenland, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Denmark: Protestant
- Europe: Protestant
- Russia: orthodox
- central and eastern Europe: orthodox
- Northern Africa: Sunni Muslim
- Southern Africa: catholic & Protestant
- Western Asia: Sunni & Shia Muslim
- India: Hindu
- China: indigenous
- Mongolia, Japan, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Korea: Buddhist
- Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia: Sunni Muslim
Australia: catholic
4
Q
How many followers does Christianity have?
A
2 billion:
1 billion catholic
600 million Protestant
200 million orthodox
200 million independent
5
Q
How many followers does Islam have?
A
1.30 billion
Sunni: 1 billion
Shia: 190 million
Other: 40 million
6
Q
What countries have the lowest life expectancy?
A
Chad Congo Mozambique Zambia Zimbabwe Afghanistan
47-49 yrs
