Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Proportion of population over 65 and under 25 in 2007

The bar graph shows the proportion of the population over 65 and fewer than 25 in six different countries.

Spain was the highest proportion, which is over 65 and it is nearly about 40%. Following is France, which has close percentage as Spain, then comes Wales. Egypt is the country with the smallest proportion of the population over 65. France and Sain had the lowest proportion under 25, both with about 20%. The highest country of population under 25 was Egypt followed by Tunisia. In the 3rd and 4th place were Wales and Turkey. Turkey was the only country, which had an equal proportion of people over 65 and under 25.

Over all, Wales was the only European country that has a higher proportion of young people than elders. Egypt and Tunisia had the highest proportion of younger people, while Spain and France had the highest proportion of the older people.

World population 1750-2150

The line graph shows the population growth in poorer and richer countries between, 1750 to 2150. That information’s were collected from the United Nations, World Population Prospect, in the 1998 Revision. Also, the Population Reference Bureau estimates it.

The world population in 1750 was less than one billion and the population of less developed countries was three to four times greater than that of more developed countries. The total figure was 6.1 billion by 2000, whereas in the developed countries there were about 1 billion more. In 2050 the world population is estimated to be close to 10 billion in less developed countries and it may rise more in the coming years. The more developed countries are estimated that it will be remained at about one billion and may even decreased.

To sum up, it is estimated that the total world population will increase dramatically over the next 50 years, but that this growth will be entirely in the less developed countries.

Cars

The table above shows the different categories of five types of cars. It also gives the details of prices, the manufacturing country, engine capacity and the fuel consumption.

The most noticeable high price of all the cars is the Volkswagen Golf which coast $18,250. In addition, it has the biggest engine that appears in the table, which is 1600cc. coming next, the Japanese Toyota Corolla and the American Ford Focus, which both has engine capacity of 1400cc. both of cars has the same price with $250 difference, were the Ford Focus coast $15,800 and the Toyota Corolla coasts $18, 550. Another point worthy of mentioning is that the Nissan Micra has the least price and the least engine capacity of 1200cc. Not to forget that the most economical in terms of fuel car between those cars, which are shown in the table is the Nissan Micra. On the other hand, the least economical car is the Volkswagen Golf, following it the Toyota Corolla.

To conclude, as you can see the most expensive car is the Ford Focus and the most economical car in terms of fuel is the Nissan Micra.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

World's future population

The chart shows three possible results for the future population from 2000 to 2050.it tells us what will mostly going to happen in 2050 if we have high, medium or low fertility rates.

If the trend worldwide is kept going on high fertility rate of 2.5 children per woman, we can say that the world population is mostly about 11 billion. The rate in India is 2.72 and this is very high and it is up to 1 billion. In addition, almost the same high rate is for the Arab countries. Take the UAE as an example, in the UAE the rate is 2.42 and in Egypt it is 2.66. However, if we have a rate similar to the countries with medium fertility rate such as USA, which is 2.05, the world figure in 2050 will be 8.9 billion. With low fertility countries such as Europe and Japan, the world figure in 2050 will be about 7.3 billion.

In conclusion, we will see a figure close to 10 billion by 2050, if the same rate in China and India continue. On the other hand, with low fertility rate countries, the world population will be around 7 billion.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Travel in Wales

This table shows the number of miles travelled by the various ways of transportations in to Wales in two different years. We can notice from the table that in 2005 people travelled more than in the year of 1990. The numbers are given in thousands and destines are given in miles.

The most common way of transportation in both years was travelling by car, which noticeably increased from over 3 miles in 1990 to bout 5 miles in 2005. Another way of transportation that has been increased is miles travelled by train, were the number of miles travelled by taxi has been more than tripled. On the other hand the number of miles travelled by coach increased more than the double. The simple way of travelling such as bicycling and walking remained almost the same. The biggest noticeable drop has been appeared in the number of miles travelled by bus, which decreased about the half.

To sum up, cars remained the most common way of travelling in 2005. In addition to the difference between the number of miles that have been travelled by the different ways of transportations, the main drop as we can see appeared in travelling by bus.

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Big Mac Price and Salary Comparison

This bar chart shows us how long a cleaner should work in McDonalds before he can afford to buy a Big Mac, in eleven Asian/ Pacific countries. In addition, it shows the exact cost of a Big Mac in US dollars, in the different countries.

The most noticeable point in the chart is that in South and East Asian countries (Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and China) the workers have the longest working hours in order to be able to afford a Big Mac. The working hours in those countries are between 4 to 14 hours. In the richer countries such as Australia, Hong Kong and New Zealand the cleaners have the least working hours according to this chart. In those countries the Big Mac costs less than one dollar. Whereas in the poorer countries like Pakistan, South Korea and Sri Lanka the Big Mac costs more than one US dollar.

To sum up, there is a big difference between the working hours in the poorer and the richer countries. According to the working hours the ability of buying a Big Mac sandwich differs.