Most Populous Countries, 2015 and 2050
Project #1386 on iSENSEProject.org
Description
In this activity, you will use iSENSE to view the data taken from the Population Reference Bureau at: http://www.prb.org. Look at the data and use it to discover which countries had the highest and lowest population in the year 2015 and projected growth for the year 2050. Compare the data sets from both years to find the answers to the questions about population growth.
Use this data to answer the following questions:
- Which country had the highest population in 2015?
- Which country had the lowest population in 2015?
- Which country had the highest population in 2050?
- Which country had the lowest population in 2050?
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Which country's population decreased from 2015 to 2050?
- Which two countries appear only in 2050?
This data was taken from the Population Reference Bureau at: http://www.prb.org.
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