Doori's Human Geography Blog
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Notes on Papua New Guniea
- 53.7% of the population can read and write
- 63.4% of males can read and write
- 50.9% of females can read and write
- 1/3 of population is living on less than $1 a day
- 125,000 Internet users (152 comparison to the world)
- 37% is below the poverty line
- GDP growth is 8.9
- around 860 different languages
- 130,000 main telephone lines in use
- 2.4 million people use a cellular device
- 1.4% of GDP goes to their military
- unemployment rate is 1.9%
- 562 airports, only about 20 are paid
- Modern part of New Guinea is like a city, is developing (away from people in the Highlands)
- 12th fastest growing economy in the world
- Birth rate is 25.92 births/1,000 population
- GDP per capita is $2,500
- TFR is 3.39
- NMR is 0, just as many people coming as there are leaving
- 13% of the population is urban
- rate of urbanization is 2.9%
- export $6.791 billion
- import $4.07 billion
- English is spoken by 1% - 2% of people
- 2 TV stations and 1 radio station in the entire country
- Modern part of New Guinea is like a city, is developing (away from people in the Highlands)
- 12th fastest growing economy in the world
- Birth rate is 25.92 births/1,000 population
- GDP per capita is $2,500
- TFR is 3.39
- NMR is 0, just as many people coming as there are leaving
- 13% of the population is urban
- rate of urbanization is 2.9%
- export $6.791 billion
- import $4.07 billion
- English is spoken by 1% - 2% of people
- 2 TV stations and 1 radio station in the entire country
My Participation Grade for the Semester
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
The Fertile Crescent
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Beasts of Burden
Monday, January 7, 2013
Farming > Hunting & Gathering
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Jared Diamond & Guns, Germs, and Steel
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