MSV 28: World-wide Statistics

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• MSV 28 World-wide Statistics

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A Quick Quiz about the Nations of the World in
2011
The question of what we mean by a nation and how
we draw its borders is a politically fraught one!
By nation we mean a country that is a member
state of the United Nations in 2011.
By our definition
Serbia and Montenegro appears here separately
as Serbia and Montenegro.
Hong Kong, the Vatican City and Taiwan are not
included.
The list of the worlds nations is changing all
the time...
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1. Which nation had the LARGEST population?
2. To the nearest 100 million, what was this
population?
3. Name one of the 5 nations with the SMALLEST
population.
4. Name one of the 5 LEAST crowded nations on
earth.
5. Name one of the 5 MOST crowded nations on
earth.
6. Given the list of population counts in order,
what would you say the MEDIAN value would be
(nearest million)?
7. Given the list of population counts, what
would you say the MEAN value would be (nearest
million)?
8. Which nation has the LARGEST AREA?
9. Name one of the 5 nations with the SMALLEST
area.
10. If all the people in the world were EQUALLY
SPACED into Australia, how much land would we
each get (nearest 100m2)?
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Answers
1. Which nation has the largest population?
China
2. To the nearest 100 million, what is this
population?
1,347,350,000 (2011), so 1,300,000,000 or
1,400,000,000
3. Name one of the 5 nations with the smallest
population.
Tuvalu, Nauru, Palau, San Marino, Monaco
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4. Name one of the 5 least crowded nations on
earth.
Mongolia, Namibia, Australia, Suriname, Botswana
5. Name one of the 5 most crowded nations on
earth.
Monaco, Singapore, Malta, Maldives, Bahrain
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6. Given the list of population counts in order,
what would you say the MEDIAN value would be
(nearest million)?
El Salvador, 6 700 000, so 7 million.
7. Given the list of population counts, what
would you say the MEAN value would be (nearest
million)?
33 500 000, so 33 or 34 million, about the size
of Kenya or Canada.
8. Which nation has the largest area?
Russia (70 UKs).
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9. Name one of the 5 nations with the smallest
area.
Monaco, Nauru, Tuvalu, San Marino, Liechtenstein.
10. If all the people in the world were equally
spaced into Australia, how much land would we
each get (nearest 100m2)?
424m2, so 400m2.
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World figures Spreadsheet Hyperlink
http//www.s253053503.websitehome.co.uk/msv/msv-28
/world-stats.xls
Sorting by population...
Find the mean....
Find the median....
Find all the quartiles and the IQR....
Create a boxplot for the data in Autograph...
Sorting by area...
Sorting by population density...
Create a histogram...
Discuss skewness....
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Google Gapminder (Hans Roslings site)
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