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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Demographics and Disorder

One of my favorite statistics regarding nations is the percentage of population under the age of 15.

There is a strong correlation between this number and the state of order or disorder in a country.

Here is a short list of troubled nations with its percentage of population under 15 years of age

Afghanistan 44.6%
Pakistan 36.3%

Iraq 39.2%
Sudan 41.1%

Iran 22.3%
Ivory Coast 40.4%

Egypt 31.8%
Libya 33.2%

Somalia 44.7%
Tunisia 23.2%

Yemen 46.2%

Iran and Tunisia stand out as having relatively low numbers for this indicator.

Here is a short list of more stable nations with their percentages of people under 15 years of age.

Sweden 16%
UK 16.%

Netherlands 17.6%
New Zealand 20.9%

Austria 14.8%
Germany 13.8%

Canada 16.3%

New Zealand stands out for being over 20%.

The best help for the troubled nations would be to help them get their birth rates down. Family planning and women's rights would top my list of how to give real help to these nations.
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