CIA Factbook Questions

 

1. What is the population of the United States?

The United States has 313,847,465 people as of July 2012.

2.            What are the five largest countries in the world, by population?

China, India, United States, Indonesia, Brazil

3.            What is the population of Pakistan?

190, 291, 129

4.            What kind of government does the United States have?

Constitution-based federal republic, strong Democratic tradition

5.            What is the unemployment rate in Zimbabwe?

Zimbabwe’s unemployment rate is 95%

6.            What is the largest country in the world by area?

The largest country in the world is Russia.

7.            What country has the third greatest number of airports?

               Mexico

8.            What country has the greatest number of exports? China

9. What country exports more oil than any other? Saudi Arabia

10. What country imports more oil than any other? United States

11. What country consumes more oil than any other? United States

12. Can women serve in combat roles in China’s military? Yes

13. What is GDP? Gross Domestic Product

14. What country has the highest GDP per capita in the world, and how much is it? Liechtenstein, $141,100

15. Is the US in the top ten for GDP per capita? No

16. Most of the countries with the highest birth rates can be found in what continent? Africa

17. 11 of the top 12 countries with the highest number of deaths from HIV/AIDS can be found in which continent? Africa

18. What other country is in the top ten? India

19. Where does the US rank in HIV/AIDS deaths? 18^th

20. Is the US #1 in number of cellular phones? No

21. What percentage of the US is Roman Catholic? 23.9%

22. What percentage of Mexico is Roman Catholic? 76.5%

23. What is Net Migration Rate? The total rate of immigration

24. Does the US have the highest Net Migration Rate in the world? No

25. What is the current population of the entire planet? 7,038,545,610

The two most important questions to me as an American are the one that asks about the Roman Catholic percentage in the nation since I follow this religion and the one that asks if we are in the top 10 for GDP because it gives you a rough estimate of where we are economically compared to other nations.