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January 21 Assignment: CIA World Factbook
Ashley Grutta
South Africa
a. Population: 48,782,756
b. Area: slightly less than twice the size of Texas
c. GDP: Purchasing power parity: $467.8 billion; Official exchange rate: $282.6 billion
d. Form of government: republic
e. Main economic sectors: agriculture: 3.2%; industry: 31.3%; services: 65.5%
f. Main imports & exports: Machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products,
scientific instruments, foodstuffs (imports), gold diamonds, platinum, other metals and
minerals, machinery and equipment (exports)
g. Main trading partners: Export vs. import: US 11.9%; 7.2%, Japan 11.1%; 6.1%,
Germany 8%; 10.9%, UK 7.7%; 4.5%, China 6.6%; 10%, Netherlands 4.5%(export), Saudi
Arabia 4.2% (import)
h. Ratio of trade (imports + exports)/2) to GDP: $239.97 billion to $467.8 billion
i. Something else of interest that caught your attention: rand (ZAR) (South African
currency) per US dollar- 7.05
Drew Heimlich
Vietnam : The World Factbook
Population: 86 million
Area: slightly larger than New Mexico (329,560 sq km)
GDP: $70.02 billion / $221.1 billion (PPP)
Government: Communist State
Main Economic Sectors: Agriculture (20%) Industry (42%) Services (38%)
Main Import & Exports:
Imports: machinery, petroleum, fertilizer, steal, cotton, grain, cement
Exports: crude oil, marine products, rice, coffee, rubber, tea, garments, shoes
Main Trading Partners: US, Japan, Australia, China, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand
Ratio of Trade to GDP: 1:1.27
Miscellaneous: 81% of the country is considered to have no religious affiliations whatsoever
Michail Volski
Bolivia
a. Population- 9,247,816
b. Areatotal: 1,098,580 sq km
land: 1,084,390 sq km
water: 14,190 sq km
slightly less than three times the size of Montana
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c. GDPGDP (purchasing power parity):
$43.71 billion
GDP (official exchange rate):
$18.94 billion
d. Government- Republic
e. main imports & exports
Imports: petroleum products, plastics, paper, aircraft and aircraft parts, prepared foods,
automobiles, insecticides, soybeans
Exports: natural gas, soybeans and soy products, crude petroleum, zinc ore, tin
d. main trading partners
Import- Brazil 29.9%, Argentina 16.2%, Chile 10.5%, US 9.8%, Peru 8.1%
Export- Brazil 46%, US 9.8%, Japan 7.6%, Argentina 5.8%, South Korea 4.8%, Peru 4.1% (2007)
e. Rratio of trade- $5.583 billion : $43.71 billion
f. Something else of interest that caught your attentionBolivia is the third largest producer of cocaine!
Pablo Salcedo
Nigeria
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Population
 146,255,312
area (compare to known area, e.g. roughly size of New Jersey, twice Texas)
 923,768 sq km, slightly more than twice the size of California
GDP (Official exchange rate & Purchasing Power Parity)
 GDP (purchasing power parity): $296.1 billion
 GDP (official exchange rate): $166.8 billion
form of government
 federal republic (a state in which the powers of the central government are restricted
and in which the component parts (states, colonies, or provinces) retain a degree of selfgovernment; ultimate sovereign power rests with the voters who chose their
governmental representatives).
main economic sectors
 agriculture (cocoa, peanuts, corn, and rice) and Industry via mining (Oil, natural gas, and
petroleum), and services
main imports & exports
 imports: machinery, chemicals, manufactured goods, food and live animals
 exports: oil, natural gas, petroleum, crops
main trading partners
 United States, Brazil, Spain, China, South Korea, and the Netherlands (in order of most
to least)
ratio of trade ((imports + exports)/2) to GDP
 ($38.5 billion + $61.79 billion)/2= $50.145 billion to $166.8 billion
something else of interest that caught your attention
 Nigeria is Africa's most populous country
 the country, once a large net exporter of food, now must import food
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Mary McNamara Fair
The Country of Burma
Population: 47,758,180
Area: 678,500 sq km – slightly smaller than Texas
GDP: Official exchange rate - $13.7bill.
Purchasing power parity - $56.58 bill.
Form of Government: military junta
Main economic sectors: agriculture, industry, services
Main imports: consumer goods & diesel fuel
Main exports: timber, gems, narcotics, rice
Main trading partners: Thailand, China, India
Ratio of trade: $4.869 bill. to $56.58 bill.
Information of interest: The cellular phone system is so underdeveloped, with a subscribership base of
less than 1 per 100 persons, while only 40,000 people out of the 47 million people in the
country use the internet.
Joseph Daibes
China
Population: 1,330,044,544
Area: total: 9,596,960 sq km
land: 9,326,410 sq km
water: 270,550 sq km
Area- comparative: slightly smaller than the US
GDP: Purchasing power: 7.8 trillion
Official exchange rate: 4.222 trillion
Form of Government: communist state
Main economic sectors: mining and ore processing, iron, steel, aluminum, and other metals, coal;
machine building; armaments; textiles and apparel; petroleum; cement; chemicals;
fertilizers; consumer products, including footwear, toys, and electronics; food
processing; transportation equipment, including automobiles, rail cars and locomotives,
ships, and aircraft; telecommunications equipment, commercial space launch vehicles,
satellites
Main imports: electrical and other machinery, oil and mineral fuels, optical and medical equipment,
metal ores, plastics, organic chemicals
Main exports: electrical and other machinery, including data processing equipment, apparel, textile, iron
and steel, optical and medical equipment
Main trading partners: United States, Japan, S Korea, Taiwain, Germany, Hong Kong
Ratio of trade: $1.156 trillion+ $1.465 trillion/2
$1.3105 trillion: $7.8 trillion
Something interesting: China is major transshipment point for heroin produced in the Golden Triangle
region of Southeast Asia
Yvonne Okereke
Factbook: Ireland
a. Population: 4,156,119
b. Area: Slightly larger than West Virginia
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GDP: 198.5 billion (Purchasing Power Parity); 285 billion (Official Exchange Rate)
form of government: Parliamentary, Republic, democracy
main economic sectors: Agriculture, Industry, Services
main imports & exports: (Imports): data processing equipment, chemicals, clothing
other machinery and equipment, petroleum and petroleum products, and textiles
(Exports): Computers, chemicals, machinery and equipment, live animals, animal
products and pharmaceuticals
g. main trading partners: US, UK, France, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium
h. ratio of trade ((imports + exports)/2) to GDP: (91.27 billion+128 billion)/2= 109.635
billion : 198.5 billion (purchasing power parity)= 0.5523 or 109.635 billion : 285 billion
(official exchange rate) = 0.385
i. something else of interest that caught your attention: 2,800 people are currently living
with AIDS but less than 100 people have died from the disease, which is incredible
because it shows how much AIDS treatment and perhaps safer sex practices have
impacted the population.
Lauren Small
India
a. population: 1,147,995,904
b. area: total: 3,287,590 sq km
land: 2,973,190 sq km
water: 314,400 sq km
area- comparative: slightly more than one-third the size of the US
c. GDP (official exchange rate): $1.237 trillion (2008 est.)
GDP (purchaasing power parity): $3.319 trillion (2008 est.)
d. form of government: federal republic
e. main economic sectors: agriculture, industry, and services
f. main imports and exports:
imports: crude oil, machinery, gems, fertilizer, chemicals
exports: petroleum products, textile goods, gems and jewelry, engineering goods,
chemicals,
and leather manufactures
g. main trading partners:
exports- partners: US 15%, China 8.7%, UAE 8.7%, Germany 4.4%, UK 4.4% (2007)
imports-partners: China 10.6%, US 7.8%, Germany 4.4%, Singapore 4.4% (2007)
h. ratio of trade ((imports + exports) / 2) to GDP:
((287.5 billion + 175.7 billion) / 2) = 115.8 billion
= 115.8 billion : 1.237 trillion
= 115.8 billion : 1,237 billion
= 0.093613581 billion the billions cancel out, leaving you with ~0.09 = 9%
= 93,613,581 million
i. something of interest: total: 25.1 years
male: 24.7 years
female: 25.5 years
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Alyssa Lore
Country Profile -- Canada
Population: 33,212,696 (July 2008 estimate)
Area: Total – 9984670 km2
Land – 9093507 km2
Water – 891,163 km2
Area (comparative): somewhat larger than the United States
GDP: Official Exchange Rate- $1.432 trillion (2007 estimate)
Purchasing Parity- $1.271 trillion (2007 estimate)
Form of Government: constitutional monarchy that is also a parliamentary democracy and a federation
Main Economic Sectors:
 Transportation equipment
 Chemicals
 Processed and unprocessed minerals
 Food products
 Wool products
 Paper products
 Fish products
 Petroleum and natural gas
Main Imports and Exports: Oil and natural gas
Exports: $431.1 billion
 Motor vehicles and parts
 Industrial machinery
 Aircraft
 Telecommunications equipment
 Chemicals
 Plastics
 Fertilizers
 Wood pulp
 Timber
 Crude petroleum
 Natural gas
 Electricity
 Aluminum
Imports: $386.4 billion
 Motor vehicles and parts
 Crude oil
 Chemicals
 Electricity
 Durable consumer goods
Main Trading Partners:
Exports:
 US- 78.9%
 UK- 2.8%
 China- 2.1%
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Imports:
 US- 54.1%
 China- 9.4%
 Mexico- 4.7%
Ratio of trade to GDP:
 Trade to Official Exchange Rate: 408.75 billion to 1.432 trillion
 Trade to Purchasing Power Parity: 408.75 billion to 1.271 trillion
Something Interesting:
 Canada is the 2nd largest country after Russia
 About 90% of the population is concentrated within 160 km of the US border
Justyna Rebisz
Japan:
a. population: 127,288,416 (est. July 2008)
b. area: 377,835 sq. km – ½ the size of Texas
c. GDP:
a. official exchange rate = $4.384 trillion (est. 2007)
b. purchasing power parity = $4.272 trillion (est. 2007)
d. form of government: constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government
a. constitutional monarchy: monarch is guided by laws of constitution
e. main economic sectors: agriculture 1.4%, industry 26.4%, and services 72.1% (2008 est.)
f. main
a. imports: machinery and equipment, fuels, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, raw materials
b. exports: transport equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors, electrical machinery,
chemicals
g. main trading partners: US, China, South Korea --- main, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia,
Australia, Indonesia --- less trading
h. ratio of trade to GDP: (678.1+573.3)/2 = $625.7 billion : $4.384 trillion ($4384 billion)
i. Japan spends more than they make up for:
a. revenues: $1.462 trillion
b. expenditures: $1.567 trillion
c. debt: 170% of GDP = $7.262 trillion
Claudia Confoy
Brazil
a) Population: 196, 342, 592
b) Area: 8, 511, 965 sq. km.
slightly larger than the US, which is 9, 826, 630 sq. km.)
c) GDP: official exchange rate - $1.665 trillion
purchasing power parity - $2.03 trillion
d) Form of Government: federal republic
e) Main Economic Sectors: agriculture, industry, and services
f) Main Imports and Exports: imports - machinery, electrical and transport equipment, chemical
products, oil, automotive parts, electronics
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exports - transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans,
footwear, coffee,
autos
g) Main Trading Partners: imports - US, China, Argentina, Germany, and Nigeria
exports - US, Argentina, China, Netherlands, and Germany
h) Ration of Trade to GDP: $188 billion to $2.03 trillion
i) Interesting Fact: 53.7% of the population are white, 38.5% mulatto, 6.2% black, .9% other, and
.7% unspecified
Jessica Eucker
Rwanda CIA Factbook Information:
a. population: 10,186,063 (july 2008)
b. area: 26,338 sq km (total) [24,948 land, 1,390 water]
comparitive: slightly smaller than maryland
c. GDP: $3.32 billion (2007) official exchange rate; $8.057 billion (2007) purchasing
power party
d. form of government: republic; presidential, multiparty system
e. main economic sector: agriculture
f. main imports: foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, steel, petroleum products,
cement and construction materials
main exports: coffee, tea, hides, tin, ore
g. main import partners: Kenya 19.6%, Uganda 6.9%, Germany 6.8%, Belgium 5.9%,
China 5% (2007)
main export partners: China 8.9%, Germany 6.8%, U.S.A 4.9%, Hong Kong 4.8% (2007)
h. ratio of trade: imports: $637 million f.o.b. + exports: $184 million f.o.b = $821 million
/ 2 = $410.5 million to $3.32 billion
i. -only produce agricultural products
-most densely populated country in Africa!
-since the 1994 genocide "Rwanda has made substantial progress in stablizing and
rehabilitating its economy to pre-1994 levels,
although poverty levels are higher now" (That seems paradoxical?)
Josh Sanders
Russia
1. Population- 140,702,096
2. Area- 17,075,200 sq km (1.8 times of US)
3. GDP- $17.57 trillion
4. Government- Federation
5. Industry- Mining, Defense, machinery, agriculture
6. Imports- vehicles, machinery and equipment, plastics, medicines, iron and steel, consumer
goods, meat, fruits and nuts
7. Exports- petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, wood and wood products, metals,
chemicals, and a wide variety of civilian and military manufactures
8. Trade Partners- China, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Ukraine, Belarus
9. Ratio of Trade- $389 billion/$17.57 trillion
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Michael Molino
Guatemala
A. Population: 13,002,206
B. Area: 108,890 sq. km - slightly smaller than Tennessee.
C. GDP: $70.19 billion
D: Form of Government: Constitutional Democratic Republic
E: Main Economic Sectors: agriculture (13.2%), industry (25.8%), services (61%)
F: Main Imports & Exports:
- Imports: fuels, machinery & transport equipment, construction materials, grain, fertilizers,
electricity.
- Exports: coffee, sugar, petroleum, apparel, fruits, cardamom
G: Main trading partners: U.S., Mexico, China, El Salvador, Costa Rica
H: Ratio of Trade: 11.724:70.19
I: Interesting Information: All males from the ages of 18 to 50 are liable for military service. The
average woman in Guatemala works more than any other women in the world.
Davor Risteski
Botswana:
 Population: 1,842,323
 Area: 600,370 sq km (Slightly smaller than Texas)
 GDP:
 (purchasing power parity) $ 29.17 billion.
 (official exchange rate) $13.81 billion.
 Form of government: Parliamentary Republic
 Main economic sectors: Mining; Tourism; Financial Services; Subsistence Farming; Cattle Raising
 Main imports/exports:
 (Imports) Foodstuffs; Machinery; Electrical Goods; Transportation; Textiles;
Fuel/Petroleum goods; Wood/Paper products; Metal/Metal products.
 (Exports) Diamonds; Copper; Nickel; Soda ash; Meat; Textiles.
 Ratio of trade: 1.999
 Points of interest: Four decades of uninterrupted civilian leadership have made Botswana one of
the most dynamic economies in Africa. Mineral extraction, especially that of diamonds, is the
among the most prevalent industries in Botswana. Geographically, Botswana, is a land locked
country. It borders Namibia and Zimbabwe to the north and South Africa to the south.